Patents by Inventor Kazushige Ito

Kazushige Ito 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: 11587541
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides method and apparatus for providing personalized songs in automated chatting. A message may be received in a chat flow. Personalized lyrics of a user may be generated based at least on a personal language model of the user in response to the message. A personalized song may be generated based on the personalized lyrics. The personalized song may be provided in the chat flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Xianchao Wu, Kazushige Ito, Kazuna Tsuboi
  • Patent number: 11341174
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for providing voice-based knowledge through intelligent automated chatting. An input is received. A knowledge message is selected from a set of knowledge messages in response to the input, wherein a length of a voice corresponding to each of the set of knowledge messages is no more than a predefined length. The voice corresponding to the knowledge message is output in a conversation of the intelligent automated chatting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Xianchao Wu, Kazushige Ito, Daigo Hamura, Keizo Fujiwara, Mina Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 11233756
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides method and apparatus for voice forwarding in automated chatting. A first request for transmitting a voice segment may be received from a first entity in a service group. The voice segment may be received from the first entity. A voice message may be generated based on the voice segment. The voice message may be transmitted based on the first request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Xianchao Wu, Kazushige Ito
  • Publication number: 20210158789
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides method and apparatus for providing personalized songs in automated chatting. A message may be received in a chat flow. Personalized lyrics of a user may be generated based at least on a personal language model of the user in response to the message. A personalized song may be generated based on the personalized lyrics. The personalized song may be provided in the chat flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Xianchao WU, Kazushige ITO, Kazuna TSUBOI
  • Publication number: 20210141818
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for providing voice-based knowledge through intelligent automated chatting. An input is received. A knowledge message is selected from a set of knowledge messages in response to the input, wherein a length of a voice corresponding to each of the set of knowledge messages is no more than a predefined length. The voice corresponding to the knowledge message is output in a conversation of the intelligent automated chatting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Xianchao Wu, Kazushige Ito, Daigo Hamura, Keizo Fujiwara, Mina Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 10734818
    Abstract: An equalization circuit system having a system configuration simplified through reduction of the total number of switches is provided. An electricity storage cell voltage equalization circuit is operated with a square wave voltage generated at a switching node in an electricity storage module voltage equalization circuit as an input voltage, thereby achieving an electricity storage cell voltage equalization circuit without a switch. Typically, the electricity storage cell voltage equalization circuit may be a resonance voltage-doubling rectifier circuit, and the electricity storage module voltage equalization circuit may be a switched capacitor, a resonance voltage-doubling rectifier circuit, a buck-boost converter or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignees: JAPAN CAPACITOR INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
    Inventors: Masatoshi Uno, Akio Kukita, Kazushige Ito, Tsutomu Sekido
  • Publication number: 20200044999
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides method and apparatus for voice forwarding in automated chatting. A first request for transmitting a voice segment may be received from a first entity in a service group. The voice segment may be received from the first entity. A voice message may be generated based on the voice segment. The voice message may be transmitted based on the first request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Xianchao Wu, Kazushige Ito
  • Publication number: 20180205238
    Abstract: An equalization circuit system having a system configuration simplified through reduction of the total number of switches is provided. An electricity storage cell voltage equalization circuit is operated with a square wave voltage generated at a switching node in an electricity storage module voltage equalization circuit as an input voltage, thereby achieving an electricity storage cell voltage equalization circuit without a switch. Typically, the electricity storage cell voltage equalization circuit may be a resonance voltage-doubling rectifier circuit, and the electricity storage module voltage equalization circuit may be a switched capacitor, a resonance voltage-doubling rectifier circuit, a buck-boost converter or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicants: JAPAN CAPACITOR INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
    Inventors: Masatoshi UNO, Akio KUKITA, Kazushige ITO, Tsutomu SEKIDO
  • Patent number: 9445519
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a thick-film electrode comprising steps of: (a) applying a conductive paste onto a substrate comprising, (i) 100 parts by weight of a conductive powder, wherein the conductive powder is 16 to 49 weight percent based on the weight of the conductive paste; (ii) 0.5 to 10 parts by weight of a metal additive comprising bismuth (Bi); (iii) 1 to 25 parts by weight of a glass frit; and (iv) 50 to 300 parts by weight of an organic medium; and (b) firing the applied conductive paste to form the thick-film electrode, wherein thickness of the thick-film electrode is 0.5 to 15 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Kazushige Ito, Kazutaka Ozawa
  • Patent number: 9318779
    Abstract: An electric energy storage system is designed to equally utilize electric energy storage banks during charging/discharging, and keep fluctuation of an input voltage from a charger or an output voltage to a load, within an arbitrary range, while equally utilizing the electric energy storage banks during charging/discharging. The electric energy storage system comprises an electric energy storage module, a charger, a balancing circuit, a voltage detection section, taps led out, respectively, from one of opposite terminals of the electric energy storage module and/or the other terminal of the electric energy storage module and/or one or more of series-connection points between the electric energy storage units, through respective switches, and a switch control section for switching the switches such that one of the taps is connected to one of opposite terminals of the charger. The switch control section is operable to sequentially switch the switches according to progress of the charging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignees: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan Capacitor Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Uno, Akio Kukita, Kazushige Ito, Tsutomu Sekido
  • Patent number: 9246027
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a solar electrode comprising steps of:(a) stencil printing a conductive paste onto a front side of a semiconductor substrate through a printing mask comprising: (i) 60 wt % to 95 wt % of a conductive powder, (ii) 0.1 wt % to 10 wt % of glass frit, (iii) 3 wt % to 30 wt % of an organic medium, (iv) 0.4 wt % to 1.7 wt % of an amide compound, based on the total weight of the conductive paste and (b) firing the applied conductive paste to form an electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Kazushige Ito, Jean Yang
  • Publication number: 20150333197
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a solar cell electrode comprising steps of: preparing an N-type solar cell substrate, wherein the N-type solar cell substrate comprises an n-doped semiconductor substrate, a p-type emitter formed on one side of the semiconductor substrate, and a passivation layer formed on the p-type emitter; stencil printing a conductive paste onto the passivation layer through a printing mask, the conductive paste comprising, (i) 60 to 95 wt % of a conductive powder, (ii) 0.4 to 3.0 wt % of an aluminum powder, (iii) 0.1 to 10 wt % of a glass frit, (iv) 3 to 30 wt % of an organic medium, (v) 0.4 to 1.7 wt % of an amide compound, based on the total weight of the conductive paste; and firing the applied conductive paste to form a solar cell electrode in electric contact with the p-type emitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: NORIHIKO TAKEDA, KAZUSHIGE ITO
  • Patent number: 9083187
    Abstract: An electric energy storage apparatus can generate an AC output in a low-loss and low-noise manner without using a DC-DC converter or an inverter. The electric energy storage apparatus comprises: an electric energy storage module group formed by connecting in series electric energy storage modules each comprising one or more electric energy storage elements; a balancing circuit electrically connected to the electric energy storage module group and configured to adjust a voltage to be applied to each of the electric energy storage modules; a first switch group comprising switches each in a path connecting a first terminal and a terminal of one of the series-connected electric energy storage modules; and a second switch group comprising switches each in a path connecting a second terminal and a terminal of one of the series-connected electric energy storage modules. The electric energy storage apparatus may perform a switch changeover in the switch groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignees: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan Capacitor Industrial Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazushige Ito, Tsutomu Sekido, Masatoshi Uno, Akio Kukita
  • Publication number: 20140352768
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a solar electrode comprising steps of: (a) stencil printing a conductive paste onto a front side of a semiconductor substrate through a printing mask comprising, (i) 60 wt % to 95 wt % of a conductive powder, (ii) 0.1 wt % to 10 wt % of glass frit, (iii) 3 wt % to 30 wt % of an organic medium, (iv) 0.4 wt % to 1.7 wt % of polyamide, based on the total weight of the conductive paste and (b) firing the applied conductive paste to form an electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: KAZUSHIGE ITO, JEAN YANG
  • Publication number: 20140352774
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a solar electrode comprising steps of:(a) stencil printing a conductive paste onto a front side of a semiconductor substrate through a printing mask comprising: (i) 60 wt % to 95 wt % of a conductive powder, (ii) 0.1 wt % to 10 wt % of glass frit, (iii) 3 wt % to 30 wt % of an organic medium, (iv) 0.4 wt % to 1.7 wt % of an amide compound, based on the total weight of the conductive paste and (b) firing the applied conductive paste to form an electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: KAZUSHIGE ITO, JEAN YANG
  • Publication number: 20140196781
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a thick-film electrode comprising steps of: (a) applying a conductive paste onto a substrate comprising, (i) 100 parts by weight of a conductive powder, wherein the conductive powder is 16 to 49 weight percent based on the weight of the conductive paste; (ii) 0.5 to 10 parts by weight of a metal additive comprising bismuth (Bi); (iii) 1 to 25 parts by weight of a glass frit; and (iv) 50 to 300 parts by weight of an organic medium; and (b) firing the applied conductive paste to form the thick-film electrode, wherein thickness of the thick-film electrode is 0.5 to 15 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Kazushige ITO, Kazutaka OZAWA
  • Patent number: 8753160
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for forming a PDP front electrode by applying a particular type of photopolymerizable black paste, drying the black paste, and applying a particular type of photopolymerizable white paste on top of the dried black paste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Kazushige Ito, Tomonori Ohki
  • Patent number: 8716894
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a circuit for equalizing voltages of energy storage cells, with less number of element and simpler circuit configuration than ever before. A plurality of field-effect transistors are arranged such that each of a plurality of parallel circuits formed, in one of connection states attained by switching of the switches, by connecting in parallel energy storage cells to perform mutual charging and discharging, includes a field-effect transistor adapted to avoid blocking a current having one of opposite polarities in the each of the plurality of parallel circuits, and a field-effect transistor adapted to avoid blocking a current having the other polarity in the each of the plurality of parallel circuits. This makes it possible to perform a voltage equalization operation using a small number of transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignees: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan Capacitor Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Uno, Akio Kukita, Kazushige Ito, Tsutomu Sekido, Kaoru Nagata, Kazuhiro Shoji
  • Publication number: 20130076225
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for forming a PDP front electrode by applying a particular type of photopolymerizable black paste, drying the black paste, and applying a particular type of photopolymerizable white paste on top of the dried black paste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Kazushige Ito, Tomonori Ohki
  • Publication number: 20120286578
    Abstract: [Object] It is an object to provide a circuit for equalizing voltages of energy storage cells, with less number of element and simpler circuit configuration than ever before. [Solution] A plurality of field-effect transistors are arranged such that each of a plurality of parallel circuits formed, in one of connection states attained by switching of the switches, by connecting in parallel energy storage cells to perform mutual charging and discharging, includes a field-effect transistor adapted to avoid blocking a current having one of opposite polarities in the each of the plurality of parallel circuits, and a field-effect transistor adapted to avoid blocking a current having the other polarity in the each of the plurality of parallel circuits. This makes it possible to perform a voltage equalization operation using a small number of transistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Masatoshi UNO, Akio Kukita, Kazushige Ito, Tsutomu Sekido, Kaoru Nagata, Kazuhiro Shoji