Patents by Inventor Kentarou Nakamura
Kentarou Nakamura 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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Patent number: 11953084Abstract: A drive device protection structure has a rotary electric machine, a gearbox connected the rotary electric machine, an undercover disposed underneath the drive device and a protecting plate provided to the undercover. The rotary electric machine has a rotary electric machine housing that has a rotary electric machine flange. The gearbox has a gearbox housing that has a gearbox flange. The rotary electric machine flange and the gearbox flange are connected together. The rotary electric machine flange and the gearbox flange are formed such that a lower surface of the gearbox flange is positioned lower than a lower surface of the rotary electric machine flange. The protecting plate is formed of a material more rigid than a material of the undercover. The protecting plate is provided beneath connecting part between the rotary electric machine flange and the gearbox flange so as to face the connecting part.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jaehak Lee, Yuta Katsushima, Kenji Arai, Daisuke Asakura, Harunobu Abe, Kohei Yamada, Norihisa Tsujimura, Yasuaki Nakamura, Toshimitsu Kakizaki, Kazuhiro Maguchi, Kentarou Kurata
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Publication number: 20230222195Abstract: Provided is a system for face authentication which can operate separately for individual providers of face authentication service in a stable and efficient manner, which system includes: face authentication machines 1; an administrator terminal 2; a face management server 5 for storing registered users' face image data; and face matching servers 6 each configured to generate face feature amount data of a person to be verified from image data acquired from the camera of a face authentication machine 1, and perform a matching operation by comparing the face feature amount data of the person with that of registered users, wherein, prior to face authentication, data of associations between face authentication machines 1 and face matching servers 6 entered by an administrator is transmitted from the administrator terminal 2 to the face management server 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kentarou NAKAMURA, Masashi OZONO, Takao SHIME
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Publication number: 20230195868Abstract: Provided is a system for face authentication which can operate separately for individual providers of face authentication service in a stable and efficient manner, which system includes: face authentication machines 1; an administrator terminal 2; a face management server 5 for storing registered users' face image data; and face matching servers 6 each configured to generate face feature amount data of a person to be verified from image data acquired from the camera of a face authentication machine 1, and perform a matching operation by comparing the face feature amount data of the person with that of registered users, wherein, prior to face authentication, data of associations between face authentication machines 1 and face matching servers 6 entered by an administrator is transmitted from the administrator terminal 2 to the face management server 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kentarou NAKAMURA, Masashi OZONO, Takao SHIME
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Publication number: 20230195869Abstract: Provided is a system for face authentication which can operate separately for individual providers of face authentication service in a stable and efficient manner, which system includes: face authentication machines 1; an administrator terminal 2; a face management server 5 for storing registered users’ face image data; and face matching servers 6 each configured to generate face feature amount data of a person to be verified from image data acquired from the camera of a face authentication machine 1, and perform a matching operation by comparing the face feature amount data of the person with that of registered users, wherein, prior to face authentication, data of associations between face authentication machines 1 and face matching servers 6 entered by an administrator is transmitted from the administrator terminal 2 to the face management server 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kentarou NAKAMURA, Masashi OZONO, Takao SHIME
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Publication number: 20230195872Abstract: Provided is a system for face authentication which can operate separately for individual providers of face authentication service in a stable and efficient manner, which system includes: face authentication machines 1; an administrator terminal 2; a face management server 5 for storing registered users' face image data; and face matching servers 6 each configured to generate face feature amount data of a person to be verified from image data acquired from the camera of a face authentication machine 1, and perform a matching operation by comparing the face feature amount data of the person with that of registered users, wherein, prior to face authentication, data of associations between face authentication machines 1 and face matching servers 6 entered by an administrator is transmitted from the administrator terminal 2 to the face management server 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kentarou NAKAMURA, Masashi OZONO, Takao SHIME
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Publication number: 20230195871Abstract: Provided is a system for face authentication which can operate separately for individual providers of face authentication service in a stable and efficient manner, which system includes: face authentication machines 1; an administrator terminal 2; a face management server 5 for storing registered users' face image data; and face matching servers 6 each configured to generate face feature amount data of a person to be verified from image data acquired from the camera of a face authentication machine 1, and perform a matching operation by comparing the face feature amount data of the person with that of registered users, wherein, prior to face authentication, data of associations between face authentication machines 1 and face matching servers 6 entered by an administrator is transmitted from the administrator terminal 2 to the face management server 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kentarou NAKAMURA, Masashi OZONO, Takao SHIME
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Publication number: 20230195870Abstract: Provided is a system for face authentication which can operate separately for individual providers of face authentication service in a stable and efficient manner, which system includes: face authentication machines 1; an administrator terminal 2; a face management server 5 for storing registered users' face image data; and face matching servers 6 each configured to generate face feature amount data of a person to be verified from image data acquired from the camera of a face authentication machine 1, and perform a matching operation by comparing the face feature amount data of the person with that of registered users, wherein, prior to face authentication, data of associations between face authentication machines 1 and face matching servers 6 entered by an administrator is transmitted from the administrator terminal 2 to the face management server 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kentarou NAKAMURA, Masashi OZONO, Takao SHIME
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Publication number: 20230195875Abstract: Provided is a system for face authentication which can operate separately for individual providers of face authentication service in a stable and efficient manner, which system includes: face authentication machines 1; an administrator terminal 2; a face management server 5 for storing registered users' face image data; and face matching servers 6 each configured to generate face feature amount data of a person to be verified from image data acquired from the camera of a face authentication machine 1, and perform a matching operation by comparing the face feature amount data of the person with that of registered users, wherein, prior to face authentication, data of associations between face authentication machines 1 and face matching servers 6 entered by an administrator is transmitted from the administrator terminal 2 to the face management server 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kentarou NAKAMURA, Masashi OZONO, Takao SHIME
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Publication number: 20230195874Abstract: Provided is a system for face authentication which can operate separately for individual providers of face authentication service in a stable and efficient manner, which system includes: face authentication machines 1; an administrator terminal 2; a face management server 5 for storing registered users' face image data; and face matching servers 6 each configured to generate face feature amount data of a person to be verified from image data acquired from the camera of a face authentication machine 1, and perform a matching operation by comparing the face feature amount data of the person with that of registered users, wherein, prior to face authentication, data of associations between face authentication machines 1 and face matching servers 6 entered by an administrator is transmitted from the administrator terminal 2 to the face management server 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kentarou NAKAMURA, Masashi OZONO, Takao SHIME
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Publication number: 20230195867Abstract: Provided is a system for face authentication which can operate separately for individual providers of face authentication service in a stable and efficient manner, which system includes: face authentication machines 1; an administrator terminal 2; a face management server 5 for storing registered users’ face image data; and face matching servers 6 each configured to generate face feature amount data of a person to be verified from image data acquired from the camera of a face authentication machine 1, and perform a matching operation by comparing the face feature amount data of the person with that of registered users, wherein, prior to face authentication, data of associations between face authentication machines 1 and face matching servers 6 entered by an administrator is transmitted from the administrator terminal 2 to the face management server 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kentarou NAKAMURA, Masashi OZONO, Takao SHIME
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Publication number: 20230185890Abstract: Provided is a system for face authentication which can operate separately for individual providers of face authentication service in a stable and efficient manner, which system includes: face authentication machines 1; an administrator terminal 2; a face management server 5 for storing registered users' face image data; and face matching servers 6 each configured to generate face feature amount data of a person to be verified from image data acquired from the camera of a face authentication machine 1, and perform a matching operation by comparing the face feature amount data of the person with that of registered users, wherein, prior to face authentication, data of associations between face authentication machines 1 and face matching servers 6 entered by an administrator is transmitted from the administrator terminal 2 to the face management server 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kentarou NAKAMURA, Masashi OZONO, Takao SHIME
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Publication number: 20220121734Abstract: A system for face authentication which can operate separately for individual providers of face authentication service in a stable and efficient manner, which system includes: face authentication machines; an administrator terminal; a face management server for storing registered users' face image data; and face matching servers each configured to generate face feature amount data of a person to be verified from image data acquired from the camera of a face authentication machine, and perform a matching operation by comparing the face feature amount data of the person with that of registered users, wherein, prior to face authentication, data of associations between face authentication machines and face matching servers entered by an administrator is transmitted from the administrator terminal to the face management server.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2019Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kentarou NAKAMURA, Masashi OZONO, Takao SHIME
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Patent number: 11156935Abstract: The developing member includes a substrate having an electroconductive outer surface; an insulating resin layer on the outer surface of the substrate; and electrically insulating domains on an outer surface of insulating resin layer, and has an outer surface including a surface of the insulating resin layer and surfaces of the domains, wherein a potential decay time constant of each of the surfaces of the domains is ?60.0 seconds, and a potential decay time constant of the surface of the electrically insulating resin layer is <6.0 seconds, and assuming that the electrically insulating domains are orthographically projected onto the outer surface of the substrate, to obtain projection images of the respective domains, each of areas of the projection images is defined as S, and each of areas of convex envelopes of the projection images is defined as H, at least one of the domains satisfies 0.05?S/H?0.80.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2020Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi Koyanagi, Kentarou Nakamura
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Patent number: 11029622Abstract: Provided is a developer carrying member that enables stable formation of images of high quality even on recording paper having a high talc content. The developer carrying member includes a conductive base member and a surface layer, wherein the surface layer includes a urethane resin, and the urethane resin has a carbonate bond and a tertiary amine structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2020Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Sosuke Yamaguchi, Minoru Ito, Takashi Koyanagi, Takahiro Miyazawa, Shohei Urushihara, Kentarou Nakamura
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Patent number: 10976684Abstract: Provided is a developer carrying member that enables stable formation of images of high quality even on recording paper having a high talc content. The developer carrying member includes a conductive base member and a surface layer, wherein the surface layer includes a urethane resin, and the urethane resin has a carbonate bond and a tertiary amine structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2020Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Sosuke Yamaguchi, Minoru Ito, Takashi Koyanagi, Takahiro Miyazawa, Shohei Urushihara, Kentarou Nakamura
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Publication number: 20210063910Abstract: The developing member includes a substrate having an electroconductive outer surface; an insulating layer on the outer surface of the substrate; and electrically insulating domains on an outer surface of insulating layer, and has an outer surface including a surface of the insulating resin layer and surfaces of the domains, wherein a potential decay time constant of each of the surfaces of the domains is ?60.0 seconds, and a potential decay time constant of the surface of the electrically insulating layer is <6.0 seconds, and assuming that the electrically insulating domains are orthographically projected onto the outer surface of the substrate, to obtain projection images of the respective domains, each of areas of the projection images is defined as S, and each of areas of convex envelopes of the projection images is defined as H, at least one of the domains satisfies 0.05?S/H?0.80.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Takashi Koyanagi, Kentarou Nakamura
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Patent number: 10864820Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a virtual image display optical system that is capable of substantially simultaneously displaying virtual images at a plurality of distances even with a simple configuration, and an image display device using the virtual image display optical system. A virtual image display optical system (30) according to the present invention is provided with: a display element (11); a projection optical system (15) that enlarges an image formed on the display element (11); a diffusing screen (16) that has a diffusing function, and is positioned on the light emission side of the projection optical system (15); and a virtual image forming optical system (17) that converts an image on the diffusing screen (16) into a virtual image, wherein the virtual image display optical system (30) is further provided with a positioning changing device (62) that changes a position of the diffusing screen (16).Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2017Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Kentarou Nakamura, Norihide Yamada, Eiji Nomura, Junji Hashimura, Shinichiro Saito
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Patent number: 10831125Abstract: The developer carrying member, includes: an electroconductive substrate; and a surface layer containing a resin, on the substrate, in which a thickness of the surface layer is 1.0 ?m or more and 100.0 ?m or less, a Martens hardness at an indentation depth of 0.1 ?m that is measured by infiltrating a Vickers indenter in a thickness direction of the surface layer from an outer surface of the surface layer is 50.0 N/mm2 or more and 100.0 N/mm2 or less, an Asker C hardness that is measured from the outer surface of the surface layer is 75° or more and 90° or less, and a value of a work function of the outer surface of the surface layer is 5.6 eV or more and 6.0 eV or less.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2020Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Minoru Ito, Sosuke Yamaguchi, Takashi Koyanagi, Takahiro Miyazawa, Shohei Urushihara, Kentarou Nakamura
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Publication number: 20200199402Abstract: Provided is a developer carrying member that enables stable formation of images of high quality even on recording paper having a high talc content. The developer carrying member includes a conductive base member and a surface layer, wherein the surface layer includes a urethane resin, and the urethane resin has a carbonate bond and a tertiary amine structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2020Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventors: Sosuke Yamaguchi, Minoru Ito, Takashi Koyanagi, Takahiro Miyazawa, Shohei Urushihara, Kentarou Nakamura
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Publication number: 20200201203Abstract: The developer carrying member, includes: an electroconductive substrate; and a surface layer containing a resin, on the substrate, in which a thickness of the surface layer is 1.0 ?m or more and 100.0 ?m or less, a Martens hardness at an indentation depth of 0.1 ?m that is measured by infiltrating a Vickers indenter in a thickness direction of the surface layer from an outer surface of the surface layer is 50.0 N/mm2 or more and 100.0 N/mm2 or less, an Asker C hardness that is measured from the outer surface of the surface layer is 75° or more and 90° or less, and a value of a work function of the outer surface of the surface layer is 5.6 eV or more and 6.0 eV or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2020Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventors: Minoru Ito, Sosuke Yamaguchi, Takashi Koyanagi, Takahiro Miyazawa, Shohei Urushihara, Kentarou Nakamura