Patents by Inventor Kenji Inoue
Kenji Inoue 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: 20240151058Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a utility pole and a method for constructing the utility pole, which can simplify and improve efficiency of work at the time of new construction and replacement and can shorten a work period. The anchor has a larger diameter than a body of a utility pole on the ground and has higher ground support force. Thus, the hole for building the assembly type utility pole on the ground can be made shallower than the hole for building the utility pole in related art on the ground. The depth of the hole is shallow, so that it is possible to reduce a period for digging, reduce a probability of hitting a buried object, and reduce work for confirming a buried object. In addition, the assembly type utility pole includes a plurality of parts, and thus, only a degraded portion needs to be replaced, so that it is possible to shorten replacement work.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2021Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsuya MOKI, Kenji INOUE, Hidenobu HIROTA, Yoshiyasu SATO
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Publication number: 20240146806Abstract: An intermediate device 10A includes a transfer unit 11 that transfers a request including data to be transmitted from a local 30 to a remote 50, and a generation unit 12 that generates a pseudo-response to the request and returns the pseudo-response to the local 30. The intermediate device 10B includes a discard unit 13 that discards a response to the request from the remote 50. An intermediate device 20B includes a generation unit 22 that generates a pseudo-request based on an initial request for requesting data transmission from the local 30 to the remote 50 and transmits the pseudo-request to the remote 50, and a transfer unit 24 that transfers a response including data to be transmitted from the remote 50 to the local 30. The intermediate device 20A includes the discard unit 21 that discards a subsequent request from the local 30.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2021Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Junki ICHIKAWA, Hideki NISHIZAWA, Kenji SHIMIZU, Yukio TSUKISHIMA, Toru MANO, Tomoya HIBI, Kiwami INOUE
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Publication number: 20240143531Abstract: A memory system includes a nonvolatile memory and a memory controller including a bus, a cache memory, a direct memory access controller, a first search circuit, a second search circuit, and a transfer control circuit. The direct memory access controller transfers cache target data stored in the nonvolatile memory to the cache memory. The second search circuit searches the cache target data that is being transferred. The transfer control circuit assigns, in response to the second search circuit detecting a search hit, to the transfer control circuit and the second search circuit, a bus right which has been assigned at least to the cache memory for the transfer of the cache target data to the cache memory, and obtains, by using the assigned bus right, a search result from the second search circuit via the bus.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Koichi INOUE, Sachiyo MIYAMOTO, Minoru UCHIDA, Taro IWASHIRO, Kenji SAKAUE
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Patent number: 11970760Abstract: The present invention relates to a metal powder containing: 0.001 mass %?C?0.45 mass %, 0.01 mass %?Si?3.50 mass %, Mn?2.0 mass %, 7.5 mass %?Cr?21.0 mass %, 1.5 mass %?Ni?7.0 mass %, Mo?1.3 mass %, 0.05 mass %?V?2.0 mass %, Al?0.015 mass %, and N?0.20 mass %, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, satisfying 0.05 mass %?C+N?0.58 mass %, and satisfying: 10<15C+Mn+0.5Cr+Ni<20 and Creq/Nieq<5.6, where Creq=Cr+Mo+1.5Si+0.5Nb, and Nieq=Ni+30C+30N+0.5Mn.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD.Inventors: Asako Kamimoto, Kenji Sugiyama, Takashi Yoshimoto, Koichiro Inoue
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Patent number: 11970266Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a flight control mechanism for controlling flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle by controlling collision between the vehicle and a boundary surface, an unmanned aerial vehicle equipped with the mechanism, and a method for using the mechanism and the vehicle. Provided is a flight control mechanism for an unmanned aerial vehicle including: a first initial collision member; a second initial collision member; and a holding member that holds the first and second initial collision members with a space therebetween above the body of the unmanned aerial vehicle, is tiltable with respect to the vehicle body by rotating about a predetermined position inside or above the vehicle body toward the side of the vehicle body, and rotates in response to collision between the first or second initial collision member and a boundary surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2018Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignees: ACSL, Ltd., NJS Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Kuroiwa, Shosuke Inoue, Yusuke Inagaki
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Publication number: 20240128717Abstract: A two-dimensional photonic crystal laser includes: electrodes; an active layer; and a two-dimensional photonic crystal layer in which modified refractive index regions are disposed to be shifted by different shift amounts from respective lattice points or/and are disposed at the respective lattice points with different areas, the shift amount or/and the area is/are modified with a composite modulation period and expressed by a modulation phase ?(r?) expressed using a vector r? indicating a position of each lattice point of the two-dimensional lattice, a vector kn? indicating a combination of an inclination angle and an azimuthal angle of each of n laser beams mutually differing in the inclination angle and/or the azimuthal angle, and an amplitude An and a phase exp(i?n) determined for each n and the amplitude An and/or the phase exp(i?n) for each value of n differ(s) from each other in at least two different values of n.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: KYOTO UNIVERSITYInventors: Susumu NODA, Menaka DE ZOYSA, Ryoichi SAKATA, Kenji ISHIZAKI, Takuya INOUE, Masahiro YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20240115272Abstract: A cutting machining apparatus includes: a holding unit including a workpiece holder, a tool holder, and a unit body; a head positioned facing the holding unit and including a chuck holding a tool; an interior case of a box shape including, in a peripheral wall, a first opening through which the holding unit is inserted and a second opening through which the head is inserted and housing the workpiece holder, the tool holder, and the chuck disposed inside; a first cover occluding between the head and the outer periphery of the first opening of the interior case, a second cover occluding between the holding unit and the outer periphery of the second opening of the interior case, and a cooling source cooling the tool holder from within the unit body via a heat transfer member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Hidekazu Tsuji, Chiori Mochizuki, Kenji Inoue, Koji Tanaka
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Publication number: 20240120710Abstract: A two-dimensional photonic-crystal surface-emitting laser includes: a two-dimensional photonic-crystal layer; an active layer provided on one surface side of the two-dimensional photonic-crystal layer; and a reflection layer provided on the other surface side of the two-dimensional photonic-crystal layer or on a side opposite to the two-dimensional photonic-crystal layer so as to be spaced apart from the two-dimensional photonic-crystal layer, wherein a distance d between surfaces of the two-dimensional photonic-crystal layer and the reflection layer facing each other is set such that a radiation coefficient difference ??v=(?v1??v0), which is a value obtained by subtracting a radiation coefficient ?v0 of a fundamental mode having the smallest loss from a radiation coefficient ?v1 of a first higher order mode having the second smallest loss among the light amplified in the two-dimensional photonic-crystal layer, is 1 cm?1 or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: KYOTO UNIVERSITYInventors: Susumu NODA, Takuya INOUE, Masahiro YOSHIDA, Kenji ISHIZAKI
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Publication number: 20240116115Abstract: A workpiece holder 1 includes a holder head 11 and a holder body 12. The holder head 11 includes a chuck unit 13 for holding a workpiece W, a support pedestal 111 for supporting the chuck unit 13, and a hook 113 provided on a distal end portion of an arm 112 extending from the support pedestal 111. The holder body 12 includes a cylindrical body portion 121, a retained portion 123 that is arranged inside the body portion 121 and rotated around the cylinder axis J1 to be in either a retained state in which the retained portion 123 is retained by the hook 113 on the ?Z direction side or in the released state in which retaining by the hook 113 is released, and a disk spring 126 for biasing the retained portion 123 in the ?Z direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Koji Tanaka, Chiori Mochizuki, Shingo Funai, Kenji Inoue
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Publication number: 20240109459Abstract: A seat cushion is formed integrally by a body pad portion, an outer peripheral edge portion, and a connection portion. The outer peripheral edge portion protrudes toward a floor panel from the outer peripheral edge portion in a plan view and contacts a floor panel at its lower face. The connection portion is provided to protrude toward the floor panel at a portion which is separated from a front-side part of the outer peripheral edge portion and a rear-side part of the outer peripheral edge portion, respectively. The connection portion connects the floor panel and the body pad portion. A portion between the front-side part and the rear-side part of the outer peripheral edge portion in a vehicle longitudinal direction is a separation portion where a lower face of the seat cushion faces an upper face of the floor panel with a gap.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji MATSUMOTO, Miho KURATA, Sakayu TERADA, Daisuke YAMADA, Yuki HANAZAWA, Naoko MOTOYOSHI, Aoi FUJIMOTO, Junsuke INOUE, Takashi SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20240111262Abstract: A system including control devices configured to perform nth-order transmission, each control device including: a storage device storing, in relation to the control devices, a source list being a list of the control devices to be passed through from a most upstream control device to the control device and a destination list being a list of the control devices to be passed through from the control device to a most downstream control device; and a processor performing processing including: when an update request including a first source list of a first control device is received, updating the source list using the update request, generating a new update request using the updated source list, and transmitting the new update request to a second control device; and when a completion response including a second destination list of the second control device is received, updating the destination list using the completion response.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Koki INOUE, Kenji TAKA, Takayoshi NAKAYAMA, Shinya FUKUZAKI, Satoshi ITAYA, Naofumi OTSUKI, Wataru FUKUMOTO, Tomomi USUI
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Publication number: 20240102551Abstract: A control apparatus includes a controller that switches a transmission mode of a transmission of a vehicle between an automatic shift mode and a temporary manual shift mode; and a storage unit storing maps each representing a relationship between a vehicle speed and an accelerator operation amount that are parameters for switching the transmission mode, and that are set for individual gradients of road on which the vehicle drives. The maps each include a cancellation region, a first maintenance region, and a second maintenance region, which are set to be different from each other according to the gradients. The controller includes a processor(s) and a memory(ies) coupled to the processor(s). The processor(s) executes a process including: selecting a map corresponding to a gradient of road on which the vehicle is driving; and switching the transmission mode based on the selected map, the vehicle speed and the accelerator operation amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji INOUE, Akihiro KAWAKAMI
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Patent number: 11931726Abstract: The invention provides a gold-supporting catalyst comprising gold nanoparticles and a carrier consisting of porous ceramic obtained by firing a mixture comprising an aluminum compound, a lime component, and a plastic clay containing 1% by mass or less of feldspars and quartz, wherein the gold nanoparticles are supported in an amount of 0.01 to 10 parts by mass on the carrier based on 100 parts by mass of the carrier.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignees: TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY, FUJI CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Toru Murayama, Masatake Haruta, Takashi Takei, Qianqian Zhu, Yasunori Inoue, Fumio Uchida, Kenji Maeda, Hiroshi Matsuo, Yasuo Shibasaki
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Publication number: 20240076596Abstract: A cell culture container includes: an insert member having a membrane on which a cell is seeded, the insert member defining a first inner space that functions as an anaerobic chamber; a container having an attachment/detachment portion to and from which the insert member is attachable and detachable, the container defining a second inner space that functions as an aerobic chamber; a sealing member that closes an opening of the aerobic chamber between the attachment/detachment portion and the insert member with the insert member being attached to the attachment/detachment portion; and a transfer mechanism that transfers force to the sealing member. The sealing member closes the opening in response to an input of the force from the transfer mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2021Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Tsunehiro INOUE, Toyoyuki HASHIMOTO, Yasuko YONEDA, Kenji TAKUBO, Yoichi FUJIYAMA, Tomoki OHKUBO, Eiichi OZEKI, Ryogo TAKAI, Hiroomi GOTO, Sadamu TOMITA
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Publication number: 20240031019Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a monitoring device and an optical fiber identification method capable of efficiently identifying an optical fiber at a construction site. The monitoring device 71 includes a light receiver 74 that receives an optical signal SL leaked from an optical fiber, a counter 75 that counts the number of unique numbers indicating transmission sources included in the optical signal SL, and a display unit 76 that displays the number of unique numbers. The monitoring device 71 further includes a control unit 77 that causes the display unit 76 to display that a portion where the optical signal SL has leaked is between the 8-branch splitter 51 and the OLT 11 when the number of unique numbers is two or more, and that causes the display unit 76 to display that it is unknown whether a portion where the optical signal SL has leaked is between the 8-branch splitter 51 and the OLT 11 or between the 8-branch splitter 51 and the ONU 21 when the number of unique numbers is one.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2020Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Hidenobu HIROTA, Takui UEMATSU, Hiroyuki IIDA, Kazutaka NOTO, Kenji INOUE
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Publication number: 20240012219Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to make it possible to adjust a balance of tension applied to an optical cable fixed to a utility pole. A disclosed utility pole includes: a through hole (12) that is disposed on an upper side of a utility pole (10) and through which optical cable (21) can pass; and a cap (22) disposed in a gap between the through hole (12) and the optical cable (21), in which the cap (22) is fixed to the through hole (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2020Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Wataru KOKUBO, Yoshiyasu SATO, Tatsuya MOKI, Hidenobu HIROTA, Kenji INOUE
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Publication number: 20230298061Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a game program for a game which is played through a network causes a computer to realize a selection receiving function of receiving, from one user, the selection of whether to transmit a message to another user, an extraction function of extracting at least one other user to which the message is transmitted, on the basis of a certain condition, a message transmitting function of transmitting the message to the at least one other user extracted by the extraction function when the selection receiving function receives the selection indicating that the message is transmitted to the other user, and a reward giving function of giving a reward to the one user when the message transmitting function transmits the message to the at least one other user extracted by the extraction function.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: GREE, INC.Inventor: Kenji INOUE
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Patent number: 11699165Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a game program for a game which is played through a network causes a computer to realize a selection receiving function of receiving, from one user, the selection of whether to transmit a message to another user, an extraction function of extracting at least one other user to which the message is transmitted, on the basis of a certain condition, a message transmitting function of transmitting the message to the at least one other user extracted by the extraction function when the selection receiving function receives the selection indicating that the message is transmitted to the other user, and a reward giving function of giving a reward to the one user when the message transmitting function transmits the message to the at least one other user extracted by the extraction function.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2021Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: GREE, INC.Inventor: Kenji Inoue
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Patent number: 11644097Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine, a torque converter, a transmission, and a control device. The torque converter is coupled to the engine. The transmission is coupled to the torque converter. The control device is configured to control operation of the transmission. The control device includes a controller configured to perform shift hold control to prevent upshift of the transmission based on a lateral acceleration value of the vehicle. The controller is configured to permit the upshift of the transmission by only one gear shift stage in a case where a predetermined condition is met in the shift hold control. The predetermined condition includes a condition that an index value indicating a rotation speed of an output shaft of the torque converter be higher than a first threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Shuntaro Miura, Kenji Inoue, Akihiro Kawakami, Takahiro Okada
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Publication number: 20230026614Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine, a torque converter, a transmission, and a control device. The torque converter is coupled to the engine. The transmission is coupled to the torque converter. The control device is configured to control operation of the transmission. The control device includes a controller configured to perform shift hold control to prevent upshift of the transmission based on a lateral acceleration value of the vehicle. The controller is configured to permit the upshift of the transmission by only one gear shift stage in a case where a predetermined condition is met in the shift hold control. The predetermined condition includes a condition that an index value indicating a rotation speed of an output shaft of the torque converter be higher than a first threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Shuntaro MIURA, Kenji INOUE, Akihiro KAWAKAMI, Takahiro OKADA