Patents by Inventor Kazumasa Okada
Kazumasa Okada 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).
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Publication number: 20240021005Abstract: A determining apparatus includes a skeleton estimating unit configured to estimate a skeleton position of a processing-target ruminant from a photographed image; an extracting unit configured to extract a region of the processing-target ruminant from the photographed image; a cutting unit configured to cut a determining area for performing action determining of the processing-target ruminant based on the estimated skeleton position and the extracted region; and a determining unit configured to perform the action determining of the processing-target ruminant based on the cut determining area.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2021Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Kazumasa OKADA, Nobuyuki KOZONOI, Yugo KASEDA, Takamitsu OMASA
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Publication number: 20230170996Abstract: Provided is an optical transmission system that performs RoF transmission of an RF signal. The optical transmission system includes an electro-optical conversion device for receiving an RF signal, converting the RF signal into an optical signal, and transmitting the optical signal; a multimode optical fiber for transmitting the optical signal transmitted from the electro-optical conversion device; and an opto-electrical conversion device for converting the optical signal transmitted from the optical fiber into an RF signal and transmitting the RF signal. The optical fiber has a numerical aperture (NA) of 0.13 or more and 0.22 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2021Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Yuichi TSUJITA, Kazumasa OKADA, Takeshi TANAKA, Keita KIYOSHIMA, Yoshinori OSAKI
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Patent number: 11598924Abstract: An optical connector assembly having a connector housing with a first and second end. First end accepts a ferrule assembly, and second end accepts a retention assembly. There is a longitudinal bore from a distal to proximal end of connector. Bore accepts a POF optical fiber therein at distal end and fiber is inserted proximally until fiber bottoms-out at proximal end of ferrule. Retention body accepts one or more retention caps, or retention body contains at least one retention wing set to secure fiber to connector.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignees: Senko Advanced Components, Inc., Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Kazumasa Okada, Yuichi Tsujita, Keita Kiyoshima, Kenji Iizumi, Yuki Nishiguchi, Kazuyoshi Takano
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Publication number: 20220236478Abstract: Provided is a plastic optical fiber, which is suppressed from causing cracks even when used for a long period of time in a state of being subjected to an external force. A plastic optical fiber (10) of the present invention includes: a core portion (12); a cladding portion (14) arranged on an outer periphery of the core portion (12); and an over-cladding portion (16) arranged on an outer periphery of the cladding portion (14), wherein the over-cladding portion (16) has a birefringence ?n of 0.002 or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2020Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Kazumasa Okada, Kentarou Takeda, Nobuhiro Fukuura
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Publication number: 20220221651Abstract: A cutting jig includes a fixing member for inserting a distal end portion of an optical fiber, and an inclination cutting unit movable with respect to the fixing member for cutting the distal end portion. The distal end portion is defined into a proximal end portion and a free end portion. The inclination cutting unit includes a one end edge of a closing plate and a blade portion incapable of relative movement to each other. The inclination cutting unit can perform a first movement and a second movement that is a greater movement amount than the first movement. The one end edge is brought into contact with the free end portion based on the first movement, and the free end portion moves to be inclined with respect to an extension line EL. A blade edge is brought into contact with the free end portion based on the second movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2020Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Kazumasa OKADA, Keita KIYOSHIMA, Yuichi TSUJITA
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Publication number: 20220053737Abstract: A BRDC sign detecting system includes: a processor, and a memory storing program instructions that cause the processor to obtain, with respect to a bovine developing bovine respiratory disease complex (BRDC) within a time period required for a fattening process, data indicating a condition of the bovine during a predetermined time period in which the bovine did not yet develop the BRDC, and obtain data indicating a condition, during a predetermined time period, of a bovine that has not developed BRDC perform machine learning with respect to a correspondence relation between the obtained data indicating the condition during the predetermined time period and information indicating whether BRDC is developed, and infer, by inputting data indicating a condition of a new bovine during the predetermined time period into a learned model generated by performing the machine learning, information indicating whether the new bovine will develop BRDC and output an inference result.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2019Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Nobuyuki KOZONOI, Yoichi KIGAWA, Kazumasa OKADA, Tatsuya KITAHARA, Naruyoshi ITADANI
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Publication number: 20210349270Abstract: An optical connector assembly having a connector housing with a first and second end. First end accepts a ferrule assembly, and second end accepts a retention assembly. There is a longitudinal bore from a distal to proximal end of connector. Bore accepts a POF optical fiber therein at distal end and fiber is inserted proximally until fiber bottoms-out at proximal end of ferrule. Retention body accepts one or more retention caps, or retention body contains at least one retention wing set to secure fiber to connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2021Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: Kazumasa OKADA, Yuichi TSUJITA, Keita = KIYOSHIMA, Kenji IIZUMI, Yuki NISHIGUCHI, Kazuyoshi TAKANO
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Patent number: 11099334Abstract: An optical connector assembly having a connector housing with a first and second end. First end accepts a ferrule assembly, and second end accepts a retention assembly. There is a longitudinal bore from a distal to proximal end of connector. Bore accepts a POF optical fiber therein at distal end and fiber is inserted proximally until fiber bottoms-out at proximal end of ferrule. Retention body accepts one or more retention caps, or retention body contains at least one retention wing set to secure fiber to connector.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignees: Senko Advanced Components, Inc., Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Kazumasa Okada, Yuichi Tsujita, Keita Kiyoshima, Kenji Iizumi, Yuki Nishiguchi, Kazuyoshi Takano
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Publication number: 20200049903Abstract: An optical connector assembly having a connector housing with a first and second end. First end accepts a ferrule assembly, and second end accepts a retention assembly. There is a longitudinal bore from a distal to proximal end of connector. Bore accepts a POF optical fiber therein at distal end and fiber is inserted proximally until fiber bottoms-out at proximal end of ferrule. Retention body accepts one or more retention caps, or retention body contains at least one retention wing set to secure fiber to connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2019Publication date: February 13, 2020Inventors: Kazumasa OKADA, Yuichi TSUJITA, Keita KIYOSHIMA, Kenji IIZUMI, Yuki NISHIGUCHI, Kazuyoshi TAKANO
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Patent number: 10078163Abstract: The present invention is to provide a polarizing plate including an alignment layer applicable to various types of substrates, and having excellent light polarization properties. A polarizing plate 1 of the present invention includes an alignment layer 3, and a polarizing layer 4 disposed on the alignment layer 3, and containing an organic dye having lyotropic liquid crystallinity, wherein the organic dye in the polarizing, layer 4 is in a form of supramolecular aggregates, and the alignment layer 3 contains a cycloolefin based resin.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2015Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki Asanoi, Kazumasa Okada, Shoichi Matsuda, Hiroyuki Takemoto
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Publication number: 20180017715Abstract: Provided is a transparent conductive film excellent in both scratch resistance and conductivity. The transparent conductive film of the present invention includes: a transparent substrate; and a transparent conductive layer arranged on one side or both sides of the transparent substrate, in which: the transparent conductive layer contains a binder resin, metal nanowires, and metallic particles; and part of the metallic particles protrude from a region formed of the binder resin. In one embodiment, an average particle diameter X of the metallic particles and a thickness Y of the region formed of the binder resin satisfy a relationship of Y?X?20Y.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2016Publication date: January 18, 2018Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Shoichi Matsuda, Yuki Hasegawa, Hiroshi Tomohisa, Kazumasa Okada, Hiroyuki Takemoto
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Publication number: 20170297311Abstract: Provided is a conductive sheet including a transparent conductive layer and a brightness enhancement film, in which interlayer peeling hardly occurs. A conductive sheet of the present invention includes a brightness enhancement film, a resin layer, and a transparent conductive layer in the stated order. In one embodiment, the transparent conductive layer contains metal nanowires. In one embodiment, the metal nanowires include silver nanowires. In one embodiment, the transparent conductive layer further contains a binder resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2015Publication date: October 19, 2017Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Shoichi Matsuda, Hiroshi Tomohisa, Kazumasa Okada
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Publication number: 20160334557Abstract: The present invention is to provide a polarizing plate including an alignment layer applicable to various types of substrates, and having excellent light polarization properties. A polarizing plate 1 of the present invention includes an alignment layer 3, and a polarizing layer 4 disposed on the alignment layer 3, and containing an organic dye having lyotropic liquid crystallinity, wherein the organic dye in the polarizing layer 4 is in a form of supramolecular aggregates, and the alignment layer 3 contains a cycloolefin based resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2015Publication date: November 17, 2016Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki Asanoi, Kazumasa Okada, Shoichi Matsuda, Hiroyuki Takemoto
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Publication number: 20160224140Abstract: Provided is a transparent conductive film suppressed in light scattering while containing a conductive filler. The transparent conductive film of the present invention includes, in this order: a resin layer; an intermediate layer; and a transparent base material, in which: the transparent conductive film contains a conductive filler present in the resin layer; the transparent base material has an average refractive index of less than 1.6; and when light is caused to enter the transparent conductive film from a resin layer side, an electric field intensity of the light in the resin layer is less than 100% relative to an electric field intensity of the light in the transparent base material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2014Publication date: August 4, 2016Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Shoichi Matsuda, Kazumasa Okada, Hiroshi Tomohisa, Ayami Nakato, Kazuto Yamagata
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Publication number: 20160195948Abstract: There is provided a transparent conductive film having a hardly visible pattern of the conductive part (conductive pattern) can be provided. A transparent conductive film of the present invention includes: a transparent base material; and a transparent conductive layer arranged on at least one side of the transparent base material, wherein: the transparent conductive layer includes a conductive part and an insulation part; the conductive part includes a metal nanowire; and the insulation part includes an air bubble and/or a non-conductive light-scattering body.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2014Publication date: July 7, 2016Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Tomohisa, Ayami Nakato, Kazumasa Okada, Shouichi Matsuda, Hiroyuki Takemoto, Tadayuki Kameyama
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Patent number: 8240415Abstract: An intermediate plate member (22) having a plate thickness equal to or less than that of a door body (19) is provided between the door body (19) and a reinforcing member (24) constituting a right side door (18). The door body (19) and the intermediate plate member (22) are jointed by spot welding, and the intermediate plate member (22) and the reinforcing member (24) are jointed by fillet welding, thereby jointing the reinforcing member (24) through the intermediate plate member (22) on the inner side surface (19A) of the door body (19). Through the use of the intermediate plate member (22), the generation of distortion in the door body (19) is reduced and the outer appearance of the right side door (18) is maintained in good condition.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2009Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazumasa Okada, Masao Nakamura, Makoto Matsushita
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Publication number: 20100242313Abstract: An intermediate plate member (22) having a plate thickness equal to or less than that of a door body (19) is provided between the door body (19) and a reinforcing member (24) constituting a right side door (18). The door body (19) and the intermediate plate member (22) are jointed by spot welding, and the intermediate plate member (22) and the reinforcing member (24) are jointed by fillet welding, thereby jointing the reinforcing member (24) through the intermediate plate member (22) on the inner side surface (19A) of the door body (19). Through the use of the intermediate plate member (22), the generation of distortion in the door body (19) is reduced and the outer appearance of the right side door (18) is maintained in good condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2009Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazumasa Okada, Masao Nakamura, Makoto Matsushita