Patents by Inventor Kentaro Tanaka
Kentaro Tanaka 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: 20240412930Abstract: An operating device comprises a base, a first electric switch, a second electric switch, a third electric switch, a first operating structure, and a second operating structure. The first operating structure is movably arranged with respect to the base to activate the first electric switch as the first operating structure moves from a first rest position to a first intermediate position and to activate the third electric switch as the first operating structure moves from the first intermediate position to a first operating position. The second operating structure is movably arranged with respect to the base to activate the second electric switch as the second operating structure moves from a second rest position to a second intermediate position and to activate the third electric switch as the second operating structure moves from the second intermediate position to a second operating position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2023Publication date: December 12, 2024Applicant: SHIMANO INC.Inventors: Kentaro TANAKA, Yuya ISHIBASHI, Yasuyuki KOMADA
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Publication number: 20240400796Abstract: Provided is a hollow resin particle which includes a shell portion and a hollow portion surrounded by the shell portion, can achieve a low dielectric constant and a low dielectric loss tangent, and can exhibit excellent heat resistance. In addition, there is provided a method for producing such a hollow resin particle. Furthermore, there is provided a use of such a hollow resin particle. The hollow resin particle according to an embodiment of the present invention is a hollow resin particle including a shell portion and a hollow portion surrounded by the shell portion, wherein the shell portion contains a polymer (P) having an ether structure represented by Formula (1) and a phosphate structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2024Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicant: SEKISUI KASEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinya MATSUNO, Kentaro TANAKA
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Publication number: 20240350068Abstract: A first arithmetic circuit detects R waves from an electrocardiogram waveform measured by electrocardiograph and obtains an interval (heartbeat interval: RRI) between adjacent R waves. A second arithmetic circuit obtains an instantaneous heart rate for each beat indicated by an R wave from the interval obtained by the first arithmetic circuit. A third arithmetic circuit obtains a smoothed heart rate obtained by smoothing the instantaneous heart rate for each beat calculated by the second arithmetic circuit. A fourth arithmetic circuit obtains a signal-to-noise ratio of the electrocardiogram waveform using the instantaneous heart rate and the smoothed heart rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2021Publication date: October 24, 2024Inventors: Takayuki Ogasawara, Kentaro Tanaka, Nobuaki Matsuura, Toichiro Goto, Masumi Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 12115504Abstract: Stable maintenance of high separation performance of a separation membrane having a separation layer comprising a compact carbon layer is described in addition to a separation membrane having a separation layer comprising a compact carbon layer, wherein particles are attached to the compact carbon layer, recesses are present in the compact carbon layer, and the particles are at least partially stuck in the recesses.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Yuki Yamashita, Kentaro Tanaka, Takaaki Mihara, Tomoyuki Horiguchi
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Patent number: 12048552Abstract: An electromyography processing apparatus comprises a storage device that stores the electromyography data of the predetermined muscle; and an onset detection unit configured to determine that a portion is an onset portion based on the electromyography of a sliding window for onset detection and a threshold value; wherein the onset detection unit further comprises a threshold value determination unit configured to determine the threshold value based on the electromyography of a sliding window for threshold value detection.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2019Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Osamu Saisho, Shingo Tsukada, Kentaro Tanaka, Daigoro Yokozeki
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Publication number: 20240246629Abstract: A bicycle component is basically provided with a wireless communication circuit, a user interface and a controller. The wireless communication circuit is configured to wirelessly communicate with a first additional bicycle component in a first pairing state where a first pairing between the bicycle component and the first additional bicycle component is established. The user interface is configured to accept a user input. The controller is electrically connected to the wireless communication circuit and the user interface. The controller is configured to perform a reset operation to reset the first pairing in response to the user input being provided to the user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Akihiro NOZAKI, Tomohiro TAKIMOTO, Katsuhiro TACHIBANA, Naoki FUJIMOTO, Kentaro TANAKA
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Publication number: 20240251460Abstract: A bicycle component is basically provided with a communicator and a controller. The communicator is configured to wirelessly receive a pairing trigger signal generated in response to a user trigger input of a trigger input device, and to wirelessly receive a first pairing demand signal generated in response to a first user input of a first input device. The controller is configured to cause the bicycle component to enter a pairing mode in response to the pairing trigger signal being received by the communicator. The controller is configured to establish wireless communication between the bicycle component and a first remote component that sent the first pairing demand signal in a state where the bicycle component is in the pairing mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2023Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Akihiro NOZAKI, Katsuhiro TACHIBANA, Naoki FUJIMOTO, Kentaro TANAKA
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Publication number: 20240225515Abstract: A state estimation device includes an information acquisition unit acquiring at least one of (i) electrode acquisition information indicating an electromagnetic time series that is a time series of an electromagnetic quantity that is an electromagnetic force, field, or energy applied to an electrode from which a signal indicating a state of a heart of an estimation target is acquirable or (ii) environment information that is information on a time series of an environmental quantity that is an amount related to one or both of a state of motion of the estimation target and an environment in which the estimation target is present; and an estimation unit using at least one of the electrode acquisition information or the environment information to determine whether an electrode event, which is an abnormality in acquisition of a signal indicating the state of the heart of the estimation target by the electrode, has occurred.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2021Publication date: July 11, 2024Inventors: Kentaro TANAKA, Shingo TSUKADA, Masumi YAMAGUCHI, Takayuki OGASAWARA, Toichiro GOTO
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Publication number: 20240164690Abstract: An aspect of the present invention is a state estimation device including a cardiac state time series acquisition unit that acquires a cardiac state time series that is a time series of a cardiac state quantity that is a quantity indicating a state of a heart as an estimation target, and a cardiac state estimation unit that estimates a state of the heart as the estimation target based on an occurrence time of out-of-range data, using, as the out-of-range data, a non-responsive period sample whose value is outside a threshold region of processing determined according to a distribution of the non-responsive period sample among non-responsive period samples that are non-responsive period samples among samples of the cardiac state time series acquired by the cardiac state time series acquisition unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2021Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Takayuki OGASAWARA, Shingo TSUKADA, Kentaro TANAKA, Hiroshi NAKASHIMA, Masumi YAMAGUCHI, Toichiro GOTO
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Publication number: 20240130659Abstract: A state estimation device includes an information acquisition unit acquiring at least one of (i) electrode acquisition information indicating an electromagnetic time series that is a time series of an electromagnetic quantity that is an electromagnetic force, field, or energy applied to an electrode from which a signal indicating a state of a heart of an estimation target is acquirable or (ii) environment information that is information on a time series of an environmental quantity that is an amount related to one or both of a state of motion of the estimation target and an environment in which the estimation target is present; and an estimation unit using at least one of the electrode acquisition information or the environment information to determine whether an electrode event, which is an abnormality in acquisition of a signal indicating the state of the heart of the estimation target by the electrode, has occurred.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2021Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Kentaro TANAKA, Shingo TSUKADA, Masumi YAMAGUCHI, Takayuki OGASAWARA, Toichiro GOTO
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Patent number: 11945177Abstract: A first laminated body is worked to form a second laminated body, the first laminated body being formed by laminating prepregs including reinforcing fibers and resin, the second laminated body including a flat portion and a wavy portion, the flat portion being located at at least one of side edge portions of the second laminated body, the wavy portion being located at a portion adjacent to the side edge portion and extending along a longitudinal direction. An intermediate product is formed from the second laminated body by a forming die such that the flat portion becomes a bent portion that is an inside portion whose circumferential length is shorter in a curved portion, and the wavy portion becomes a bent portion that is an outside portion whose circumferential length is longer in the curved portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoki Shimada, Yoshihiro Nakayama, Sayaka Ochi, Shouhei Kanazawa, Kenshirou Okumura, Takaya Hamamoto, Kentaro Tanaka, Yuya Ouchi
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Patent number: 11927112Abstract: A sealing device according to at least one embodiment includes not less than three arc-shaped fins arranged in an axial direction. The arc-shaped fins include: a first fin which is one of two outermost fins located on an outermost side in the axial direction; a second fin disposed adjacent to the first fin in the axial direction; and at least one third fin disposed opposite to the first fin across the second fin in the axial direction. It is preferable that the third fin is disposed to be inclined with respect to a radial direction such that a tip end portion is located on a side of the first fin in the axial direction relative to a base end portion, and the third fin has a larger inclination angle than the first fin or the second fin with respect to the radial direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Naoto Omura, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Eiji Konishi, Kentaro Tanaka
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Patent number: 11897574Abstract: An operating device comprises a base member, a first switch unit, and a first coupling structure. The first switch unit includes a first base and a first operating member. The first coupling structure couples the base member and the first base such that the first base is adjustable relative to the base member in a first direction and is adjustable relative to the first coupling structure in a first additional direction different from the first direction. The first coupling structure includes a first intermediate member and a first fastener. The first intermediate member is at least partially provided between the base member and the first base to guide the first base relative to the base member in at least one of the first direction and the first additional direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: SHIMANO INC.Inventors: Kentaro Kosaka, Kentaro Tanaka
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Publication number: 20240044759Abstract: A method for checking quality of a heat exchanger includes the steps of: performing a liquid pressure test for the heat exchanger including a first flow path and a second flow path adjacent to the first flow path by filling the first flow path and the second flow path with a liquid in a pressurized state; discharging the liquid from the first flow path and the second flow path; and promoting evaporation of the liquid remaining in the first flow path and the second flow path by reducing pressure inside each of the first flow path and the second flow path using a vacuum pump. The step of promoting evaporation of the liquid is performed to feed heated gas into the first flow path and the second flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Hiroaki KANAZAWA, Kentaro TANAKA, Hideki TAKAFUJI, Tadashi IKEUCHI
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Publication number: 20230355186Abstract: A motion evaluation method includes: a noise removal step of removing noise in time-series data related to a motion of a person; an extraction step of extracting data of an on-set section in which the motion of the person is performed from the time-series data from which the noise has been removed; a compression step of aligning a length of the extracted data of the on-set section for each on-set section and compressing the data of the on-set section through down-sampling processing; and an evaluation step of evaluating the motion of the person on the basis of the compressed data of the on-set section.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2020Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Kentaro TANAKA, Shingo TSUKADA, Masumi YAMAGUCHI, Takayuki OGASAWARA, Toichiro GOTO
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Publication number: 20230207114Abstract: A biological information analysis system includes a data reception unit that receives time-series data of biological information from a sensor terminal that acquires biological information, a storage unit that stores the received time-series data, a first representative value acquisition unit that acquires a first representative value based on data in a predetermined period among the received time-series data, and a second representative value acquisition unit that acquires a second representative value based on a plurality of first representative values consecutive on a time axis. In a case where an error occurs in communication between the data reception unit and the sensor terminal and a predetermined condition is satisfied, the first representative value acquisition unit uses pre-error time-series data transmitted before the error occurs and stored in the storage unit and post-error time-series data transmitted from the sensor terminal after the error occurs, to acquire the first representative value.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2020Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Takayuki OGASAWARA, Kentaro TANAKA, Shingo TSUKADA, Masumi YAMAGUCHI, Toichiro GOTO
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Publication number: 20230131150Abstract: An aspect of the present invention is a loss-of-consciousness estimation apparatus including: a ventricular state estimation unit configured to estimate whether or not a ventricular state of an estimation target is normal in a predetermined repetition cycle, based on a cerebral blood flow correlation amount time series, which is a time series of an amount correlated with a cerebral blood flow rate of the estimation target; a measurement reliability estimation unit configured to estimate reliability of the cerebral blood flow correlation amount time series; and a loss-of-consciousness probability acquisition unit configured to, based on the reliability, the estimation result of the ventricular state estimation unit, and elapsed time after a probability acquisition start time, which is a time at which it is first determined by the ventricular state estimation unit that the ventricular state is not normal after an estimation start time, which is a time of starting the repetition cycle, acquire a loss-of-consciouType: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2020Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Shingo TSUKADA, Hiroshi NAKASHIMA, Masumi YAMAGUCHI, Kentaro TANAKA, Toichiro GOTO
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Publication number: 20230119323Abstract: An aspect of the present invention is a loss-of-consciousness estimation apparatus including: an out-of-range data determination unit configured to execute out-of-range data determination processing for, using an amount correlated with a cerebral blood flow rate of an estimation target as a cerebral blood flow correlation amount, a time series of the cerebral blood flow correlation amount as a cerebral blood flow correlation amount time series, and a position in a time axis direction of data of the cerebral blood flow correlation amount time series as a time position, determining whether or not the cerebral blood flow correlation amount indicated by each piece of the data is out of range of a threshold region, which is a range corresponding to the time position of each piece of the data, based on the cerebral blood flow correlation amount time series; and a ventricular state estimation unit configured to estimate a ventricular state of the estimation target based on the determination result of the out-of-rangType: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2020Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Shingo TSUKADA, Hiroshi NAKASHIMA, Masumi YAMAGUCHI, Kentaro TANAKA, Toichiro GOTO
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Publication number: 20230092731Abstract: In an emotion stabilization support device including a portable vibration generator including an oscillator (36), a motion sensor (37), and a control unit (31), the control unit (31) causes the oscillator (36) to intermittently vibrate, and the control unit (31) measures a state of the portable vibration generator detected by the motion sensor (37) and determines a state of an emotion of a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2020Publication date: March 23, 2023Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Shingo TSUKADA, Kentaro TANAKA, Masumi YAMAGUCHI, Takayuki OGASAWARA, Toichiro GOTO
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Publication number: 20230059586Abstract: This cooling apparatus includes a tube (10) having an opening portion (10a) in one end portion in a longitudinal direction thereof, a cap (30) capable of opening/closing the opening portion (10a), a non-freezing drinkable coolant (20) that fills the tube (10), and a container (50) that contains the tube (10) filled with the coolant (20). The tube has a constricted portion (10d) having a reduced inner diameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2020Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Shingo TSUKADA, Hiroshi NAKASHIMA, Masumi YAMAGUCHI, Takayuki OGASAWARA, Kentaro TANAKA, Toichiro GOTO