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).

  • Patent number: 11953084
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: 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
  • Publication number: 20230222195
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentarou NAKAMURA, Masashi OZONO, Takao SHIME
  • Publication number: 20230195868
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentarou NAKAMURA, Masashi OZONO, Takao SHIME
  • Publication number: 20230195869
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentarou NAKAMURA, Masashi OZONO, Takao SHIME
  • Publication number: 20230195872
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentarou NAKAMURA, Masashi OZONO, Takao SHIME
  • Publication number: 20230195871
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentarou NAKAMURA, Masashi OZONO, Takao SHIME
  • Publication number: 20230195870
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentarou NAKAMURA, Masashi OZONO, Takao SHIME
  • Publication number: 20230195875
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentarou NAKAMURA, Masashi OZONO, Takao SHIME
  • Publication number: 20230195874
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentarou NAKAMURA, Masashi OZONO, Takao SHIME
  • Publication number: 20230195867
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentarou NAKAMURA, Masashi OZONO, Takao SHIME
  • Publication number: 20230185890
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentarou NAKAMURA, Masashi OZONO, Takao SHIME
  • Publication number: 20220121734
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentarou NAKAMURA, Masashi OZONO, Takao SHIME
  • Patent number: 11156935
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Koyanagi, Kentarou Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11029622
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Sosuke Yamaguchi, Minoru Ito, Takashi Koyanagi, Takahiro Miyazawa, Shohei Urushihara, Kentarou Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10976684
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Sosuke Yamaguchi, Minoru Ito, Takashi Koyanagi, Takahiro Miyazawa, Shohei Urushihara, Kentarou Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20210063910
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Takashi Koyanagi, Kentarou Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10864820
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Kentarou Nakamura, Norihide Yamada, Eiji Nomura, Junji Hashimura, Shinichiro Saito
  • Patent number: 10831125
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Minoru Ito, Sosuke Yamaguchi, Takashi Koyanagi, Takahiro Miyazawa, Shohei Urushihara, Kentarou Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20200199402
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Sosuke Yamaguchi, Minoru Ito, Takashi Koyanagi, Takahiro Miyazawa, Shohei Urushihara, Kentarou Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20200201203
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Minoru Ito, Sosuke Yamaguchi, Takashi Koyanagi, Takahiro Miyazawa, Shohei Urushihara, Kentarou Nakamura