Patents by Inventor Kazuya Asano

Kazuya Asano 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: 20210108008
    Abstract: A method for producing a fluoropolymer of the invention which includes polymerizing a fluoromonomer in an aqueous medium in the presence of a surfactant to provide a fluoropolymer. The surfactant includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a surfactant represented by R1a—CO—R2a—CO—R3a-Aa and a surfactant represented by R1b—CO—(CR2b2)n—(OR3b)p—(CR4b2)q-L-Ab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Taketo KATO, Satoru YONEDA, Manabu FUJISAWA, Kazuya ASANO, Takahiro KITAHARA, Masahiro HIGASHI, Akiyoshi YAMAUCHI, Sumi ISHIHARA, Yosuke KISHIKAWA, Shinnosuke NITTA, Marina NAKANO, Hirotoshi YOSHIDA, Yoshinori NANBA, Kengo ITO, Chiaki OKUI, Hirokazu AOYAMA, Masamichi SUKEGAWA, Taku YAMANAKA, Yuuji TANAKA, Kenji ICHIKAWA, Yohei FUJIMOTO, Hiroyuki SATO
  • Publication number: 20200406143
    Abstract: A virtual map displaying system for a location-based game wherein the game is progressed in a virtual world through the linking to the position of a user in the real world, comprising: a real map storing portion for storing real map information that includes geographical information in the real world and text information relating to the geographical information; a virtual display data generating portion for generating and displaying virtual display data by superimposing, on the real map information, virtual objects relating to virtual geographical information corresponding to the geographical information in the real world in accordance with the progress of the game; and a related information displaying portion for displaying on a block, so as to be visually recognizable, text information that relates to geographical information that corresponds to a display location of a virtual object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: DWANGO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi NAKAMURA, Kazuya ASANO
  • Publication number: 20200406127
    Abstract: [Problem] To diversify location-based games based on location information, to improve entertainment value. [Solution] In the present invention, a user interface system for effecting travel in a virtual world by a character C1 corresponding to a user 10 is provided with: a location information acquiring portion 144 for detecting a distance traveled by the user in the real world; a points issuing portion 38 for generating points Tp, having trading value, corresponding to the distance traveled by the user detected by the location information acquiring portion 144; and a game progress processing portion 37 for executing a process for effecting travel by the character in the virtual world in accordance with the trading value of the points Tp or process for generating an effect similar to an effect obtained by means of the character traveling in the virtual world.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: DWANGO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya ASANO, Kouichi NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20200401806
    Abstract: An augmented reality displaying system for displaying a virtual object through compositing on an image taken of the real world, comprising: a camera for capturing an image of the real world; a location information acquiring portion for acquiring, as location information, the coordinates and orientation at the instant of imaging by the camera; an image analyzing portion for analyzing, as depth information, the relative distances to imaging subjects for individual pixels that structure the real world image that has been captured; a virtual display data generating portion for generating virtual display data, on real map information that includes geographical information in the real world, based on the location information acquired by the location information acquiring portion; and a compositing processing portion for displaying the virtual display data, generated by the virtual display data generating portion, superimposed on an image captured by the camera in accordance with the depth information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: DWANGO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi NAKAMURA, Kazuya ASANO
  • Publication number: 20200391104
    Abstract: The present invention comprises: a virtual display data generation portion that generates a fantasyized block according to the progress of a game associated with the movement of the user; and a compositing processing portion that superposes and displays the generated fantasyized block on real map information, wherein the fantasyized block has a planar shape corresponding to geographical information in the real world, partially or entirely covers the real map by district units, appears in a non-active state on the real map along a user's path associated with the movement of the user in the real world, and is transitioned to an active state according to a selection operation by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: DWANGO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi NAKAMURA, Kazuya ASANO
  • Publication number: 20200384351
    Abstract: The present invention is provided with: a virtual display data generating unit which generates fantasy blocks according the progress of a game accompanied by the movement of a user; a synthesis processing unit which superimposes the generated fantasy blocks on a real map and displays the superimposed result; and a status display unit which displays a change in status of a virtual object, wherein the status display unit groups the fantasy blocks for each prescribed attribute, and displays, for each group, the proportion of the number of blocks for which the statuses have changed, in each group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: DWANGO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya ASANO, Toyokazu TSUGEHARA
  • Publication number: 20200384365
    Abstract: To eliminate or simplify routine operations in event processes for battles and the like that occur during a game, without negatively affecting the enjoyability of the game. In the course of advancing a game by sequentially performing repeatedly-occurring routine event processes, an individual input step for accepting individual inputs of user operations for each of a plurality of objects to be processed appearing in a routine event process, and a batch operation input step for accepting a single batch completion operation for processing the plurality of objects to be processed in a batch are executed. When all of the plurality of objects to be processed have been processed by a batch operation input unit, the event process is considered as having been performed and the game is advanced. The batch completion operation is an action such as tilting or shaking an information processing terminal or inputting noise via wind pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: DWANGO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi NAKAMURA, Kazuya ASANO
  • Patent number: 10847800
    Abstract: A binder and an electrode mixture for a secondary battery. The binder contains a fluorine-containing polymer containing a polymerized unit based on vinylidene fluoride, a polymerized unit based on tetrafluoroethylene, and a polymerized unit based on a monomer (2-2) represented by the following formula (2-2): R5R6C?CR7R8CO2Y1??(2-2) wherein R5, R6, and R7 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a C1-C8 hydrocarbon group; R8 is a C1-C8 hydrocarbon group; and Y1 is an inorganic cation and/or an organic cation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Asano, Takashi Iguchi, Manabu Fujisawa, Chihiro Shinoda, Tomoyuki Goto, Kazuki Hosoda, Takahiro Kitahara
  • Patent number: 10843247
    Abstract: A material-property-value estimating method of estimating a material-property-value of a target steel-strip product manufactured via at least one of a reheating process, a rolling process, and a cooling process, which are performed while a target material is being conveyed along a conveyance route, the material-property-value estimating method includes an estimating step of estimating a material-property-value of each of meshes dividing the target steel-strip product based on a measured value that has been measured once or more by a measuring device installed on the conveyance route, the measured value including at least a temperature of the target material; and a chemical composition per component of the target steel-strip product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Shuji Kuyama, Kazuya Asano, Yoshitsugu Iijima, Tomoyoshi Ogasahara
  • Patent number: 10839218
    Abstract: An augmented reality displaying system for displaying a virtual object through compositing on an image taken of the real world, comprising: a camera for capturing an image of the real world; a location information acquiring portion for acquiring, as location information, the coordinates and orientation at the instant of imaging by the camera; an image analyzing portion for analyzing, as depth information, the relative distances to imaging subjects for individual pixels that structure the real world image that has been captured; a virtual display data generating portion for generating virtual display data, on real map information that includes geographical information in the real world, based on the location information acquired by the location information acquiring portion; and a compositing processing portion for displaying the virtual display data, generated by the virtual display data generating portion, superimposed on an image captured by the camera in accordance with the depth information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: DWANGO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouichi Nakamura, Kazuya Asano
  • Publication number: 20200324196
    Abstract: An input interface system for a game wherein the game progresses in the virtual world based on points that are applied corresponding to the distance of travel of a user in the real world, and event processes that are generated accompanying travel of the user are carried out sequentially, comprising: inputting means for receiving an input of a user operation in respect to a virtual object that appears in an event process, and event execution processing means for progressing the game by defining that an event process has been performed when a user operation is inputted correctly into the inputting means, wherein: the user operation is a path inputting operation wherein a path is drawn on a touch screen, and the event execution processing means perform an event process based on the shape of the path that was drawn in the path inputting operation and on the relative positioning with a virtual object
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: DWANGO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi NAKAMURA, Kazuya ASANO
  • Publication number: 20200243862
    Abstract: A binder for a secondary battery containing a fluorine-containing polymer (A) and polyvinylidene fluoride (B). The fluorine-containing polymer (A) contains a polymerized unit based on vinylidene fluoride, a polymerized unit based on tetrafluoroethylene, and a polymerized unit based on a monomer (2-2) represented by the following formula (2-2): wherein R5, R6, and R7 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a C1-C8 hydrocarbon group; R8 is a C1-C8 hydrocarbon group; and Y1 is an inorganic cation or an organic cation. Also disclosed is an electrode mixture and an electrode for a secondary battery including the binder, and a secondary battery including the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuki HOSODA, Takahiro KITAHARA, Manabu FUJISAWA, Takashi IGUCHI, Kazuya ASANO, Chihiro SHINODA
  • Publication number: 20200172476
    Abstract: A sulfuric acid ester containing a plurality of carbonyl groups or a salt thereof, and a surfactant. The sulfuric acid ester is a compound represented by the following formula: R1—C(?O)—R2—C(?O)—R3—OSO3X wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined herein; X is H, a metal atom, NR44, imidazolium optionally containing a substituent, pyridinium optionally containing a substituent, or phosphonium optionally containing a substituent, where R4s are each H or an organic group and are the same as or different from each other; and any two of R1, R2, and R3 optionally bind to each other to form a ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru YONEDA, Manabu FUJISAWA, Kazuya ASANO, Takahiro KITAHARA, Masahiro HIGASHI, Akiyoshi YAMAUCHI, Sumi ISHIHARA, Yosuke KISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200160055
    Abstract: An augmented reality displaying system for displaying a virtual object through compositing on an image taken of the real world, comprising: a camera for capturing an image of the real world; a location information acquiring portion for acquiring, as location information, the coordinates and orientation at the instant of imaging by the camera; an image analyzing portion for analyzing, as depth information, the relative distances to imaging subjects for individual pixels that structure the real world image that has been captured; a virtual display data generating portion for generating virtual display data, on real map information that includes geographical information in the real world, based on the location information acquired by the location information acquiring portion; and a compositing processing portion for displaying the virtual display data, generated by the virtual display data generating portion, superimposed on an image captured by the camera in accordance with the depth information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: DWANGO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi NAKAMURA, Kazuya ASANO
  • Publication number: 20200139228
    Abstract: An object control system in a location-based game, in which a character in a virtual world is linked with and moved along with a movement of a user in a real world, is provided with: a location information acquiring unit which detects a current location and displacement in the real world of the user; a virtual display data generating unit which selects a boundary line on real map information so as to be an area and a shape according to the current location of the user in the real world and information density on the real map information corresponding to the current location, and generates a virtual fantasy block that partially covers the real map; and a synthesis processing unit which superimposes and displays the fantasy block generated by the virtual display data generating unit on the real map information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: DWANGO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi NAKAMURA, Kazuya ASANO
  • Publication number: 20200067052
    Abstract: A secondary battery separator including a porous substrate and a porous film firmly bonded to each other, the porous film being disposed on or above the porous substrate. The porous film contains a fluorine-containing polymer that contains a polymerized unit based on vinylidene fluoride, a polymerized unit based on tetrafluoroethylene, and a polymerized unit based on a monomer represented by the following formula (2-2): R5R6C?CR7R8CO2Y1??(2-2) wherein R5, R6, and R7 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a C1-C8 hydrocarbon group; R8 is a C1-C8 hydrocarbon group; and Y1 is an inorganic cation and/or an organic cation. Also disclosed is a secondary battery including the secondary battery separator; a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro KITAHARA, Manabu FUJISAWA, Takashi IGUCHI, Kazuya ASANO, Chihiro SHINODA
  • Publication number: 20190296359
    Abstract: A binder and an electrode mixture for a secondary battery. The binder contains a fluorine-containing polymer containing a polymerized unit based on vinylidene fluoride, a polymerized unit based on tetrafluoroethylene, and a polymerized unit based on a monomer (2-2) represented by the following formula (2-2): R5R6C?CR7R8CO2Y1??(2-2) wherein R5, R6, and R7 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a C1-C8 hydrocarbon group; R8 is a C1-C8 hydrocarbon group; and Y1 is an inorganic cation and/or an organic cation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya ASANO, Takashi IGUCHI, Manabu FUJISAWA, Chihiro SHINODA, Tomoyuki GOTO, Kazuki HOSODA, Takahiro KITAHARA
  • Patent number: 10357717
    Abstract: To improve the user friendliness of switching a map display between the real world and a virtual world while also improving the entertainment value of the game and avoiding the danger arising from using a smartphone while walking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignees: EARTHBEAT, INC., DWANGO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeo Okajima, Kazuya Asano, Hiroto Tamura
  • Publication number: 20190171821
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit generates second boot code by encrypting first boot code, and transmits, based on route information indicating a delivery route of the second boot code, encrypted data including the second boot code to a first destination via a network. A different semiconductor integrated circuit is the first destination, and receives the encrypted data via the network and generates third boot code by decrypting the second boot code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Kazuya ASANO, Yuya UENO, Seiji GOTO
  • Patent number: 10188949
    Abstract: To improve the user friendliness of switching a map display between the real world and a virtual world while also improving the entertainment value of the game and avoiding the danger arising from using a smartphone while walking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignees: EARTHBEAT, INC., DWANGO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeo Okajima, Kazuya Asano, Hiroto Tamura