Patents by Inventor Kiyoshi Nakanishi

Kiyoshi Nakanishi 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: 20230080952
    Abstract: A battery exchange device includes multiple battery charging modules arranged side by side on a main body wall and each configured to receive one of multiple battery packs, wherein each battery charging module includes: a tray for holding the battery pack in a predetermined setting position; a power feeding terminal for transmitting electric power for charging to the battery pack; and a lock member for prohibiting release of the battery pack from the setting position, wherein the tray is provided to be capable of advancing and retreating between a use position in which the tray protrudes from a front surface of the main body wall in a substantially horizontal direction such that the battery pack can be placed on an upper surface and a storage position in which the tray is stored in the main body wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki OKAWA, Yoshinari MATSUYAMA, Masashi TAKEMURA, Kenichiro SHIBASAKI, Toshiya ZAITSU, Kiyoshi NAKANISHI, Ryota SAITO
  • Publication number: 20220383402
    Abstract: The present application includes: battery packs; a battery exchanger for storing and charging the battery packs and renting the charged battery packs to users; a management server for managing battery exchange at the battery exchanger; and a registration machine for acquiring face images for registration used in face authentication of the users. The registration machine acquires the face images for registration and specific information which is information other than the face images and is used to specify the users, and the management server acquires the specific information of each user from the registration machine to perform user management, compares a face image for authentication acquired from a captured image of a person who has visited for battery exchange with the face images for registration to face match to determine whether the person is a legitimate user, and determines whether the battery exchange is permitted based on the face matching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi TAKEMURA, Kenichiro SHIBASAKI, Kiyoshi NAKANISHI, Toshiya ZAITSU, Ryota SAITO
  • Publication number: 20160034128
    Abstract: The display apparatus having a touch-panel includes: a display screen capable of displaying information in accordance with the touch-operation, a first display region, a second display region, and a display controller. The first display region is displayed on the display screen, and displays the information in accordance with touch-information acquired by an OS. The second display region is displayed on the display screen along with the first display region, and displays the information in accordance with the touch-information acquired by a predetermined application without via the OS. The display controller performs a display of the first display region and a display of the second display region, on the display screen in accordance with the touch-operation. The display controller moves the first display region in accordance with the touch-information acquired by the OS when the first display region on the display screen is moved by dragging over the second display region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Tomoo KIMURA, Kiyoshi NAKANISHI, Shinya KUSUHARA
  • Publication number: 20160034113
    Abstract: The display apparatus having a touch panel allows increased operability when performing a plurality of touch operations. The display apparatus having a touch panel includes: a display screen capable of displaying information in accordance with the touch operation, a first display region, a second display region, and a display controller. The first display region is displayed on the display screen, and displays the information in accordance with touch information acquired by an OS. The second display region is displayed on the display screen along with the first display region, and displays the information in accordance with the touch information acquired by a predetermined application without via the OS. The display controller performs a display such that the second display region does not overlap with the first display region on a periphery of the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Tomoo KIMURA, Kiyoshi NAKANISHI, Shinya KUSUHARA, Seiji KUBO, Takeshi SHIMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9086094
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cage, for a rolling bearing, whose surface is silver-plated by using a barrel plating method capable of improving the durability thereof in a sliding test. In the cage, for the rolling bearing, made of an iron metal material and having a precious metal-plated layer formed on a surface thereof, the precious metal-plated layer is formed on a base plated layer formed on a surface of the iron metal material by using a barrel electroplating method. A surface of the base plated layer consists of a smooth surface. The precious metal-plated layer is in direct close contact with the smooth surface. The base plated layer consists of a metal having a higher ionization tendency than the precious metal formed on the surface of the base plated layer. A cavity is not present at an interface between the copper-plated layer and the silver-plated layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Egami, Kiyoshi Nakanishi, Masao Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20150091831
    Abstract: The display device including a touch panel comprises a display unit having a screen that displays information according to a touch operation, and a controller that detects a plurality of contact positions on the screen according to the touch operation and controls the display unit to display first selection information at a position spaced from the plurality of contact positions by a predetermined distance. When at least one contact position of the plurality of contact positions is moved in the screen, the display unit moves and displays the first selection information on the screen to and at a position spaced from the moved contact position by the predetermined distance. The display device with a touch panel is easy for a user to operate by touching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Kiyoshi NAKANISHI, Shunichi KUROMARU, Tomoo KIMURA, Hiromichi NISHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20140210748
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus 10a according to the present disclosure includes: a touchscreen panel 14 on which video is displayed and which accepts an operation that has been performed by a user; a detector 21 which detects the operation that has been performed by the user on the touchscreen panel 14; and a processor 20 which performs processing in response to the operation. If the user has performed the operation using a polyhedron input interface device 10b which has a plurality of sides in mutually different shapes, the detector 21 detects the shape of an area in which the input interface device 10b is in contact with the touchscreen panel to determine which side of the polyhedron has been used to perform the operation, and the processor 20 carries out processing that is associated with the side that has been used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi NARITA, Kazunari FUJIWARA, Ryuji MIKI, Masami YOKOTA, Eric CHAN, Shigeru NATSUME, Silas WARREN, Simon ENEVER, Hao HUANG, Ryoichi YAGI, Kiyoshi NAKANISHI, Takeshi SHIMAMOTO, Seiji KUBO, Tomoo KIMURA, Hiromichi NISHIYAMA, Shogo MIKAMI
  • Patent number: 8288535
    Abstract: Disclosed is a synthesis method for synthesizing in a short time and selectively a microcrystal of a polymer complex having three three-dimensionally and regularly arranged channels. Specifically disclosed is a synthesis method of a polymer complex crystal wherein (1) a metallic solution, which is a mixture of zinc halide(II) and a solvent A that can dissolve the zinc halide, is mixed with (2) a ligand solution, which is a mixture of a tridentate ligand that has three coordination sites coordinated to zinc of the zinc halide and a solvent B that can dissolve the tridentate ligand, to be a single-phase solution, thereby synthesizing a microcrystal of a polymer complex having a three-dimensional coordination network formed by coordinating the tridentate ligand to the zinc and having channels that are three-dimensionally and regularly arranged in the three-dimensional coordination network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignees: The University of Tokyo, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto Fujita, Masaki Kawano, Tsuyoshi Haneda, Kiyoshi Nakanishi, Takahiro Kojima
  • Patent number: 8236867
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention includes a method for chemically modifying inner surfaces of channels capable of further regulating characteristics of the internal environment of channels, by forming a polymer complex having a specific channel group B, the channel environmental characteristics of which are regulated by substituents A, followed by utilizing the channels of the channel group B as a reaction field to convert the substituent A to a different substituent. The method may comprise including a guest molecule in the channel of the channel group B in which the substituents A are arranged; and reacting the guest molecule with the substituent A in the channel to convert the substituent A to a substituent A?, and to arrange the substituent A? regularly directing to the inside of the channel of the channel group B or any channel of other channel groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignees: The University of Tokyo, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto Fujita, Masaki Kawano, Takehide Kawamichi, Kiyoshi Nakanishi, Takahiro Kojima, Tomoki Kodama
  • Patent number: 8071902
    Abstract: To prevent the local heating of an electronic apparatus chassis, there is provided a push button switch (10), which comprises a substrate (11) having a first contacting part (11a) and a second contacting part (11b) operable to be brought into electrical conduction with the first contacting part (11a), and a flexible electrically insulating sheet (13) covering the substrate (11) and having a click portion (13a) on the inside of which the first and second contacting parts are disposed to be brought into and out of electrical conduction therebetween in response to depression of the click portion. The electrically insulating sheet (13) includes a heat conducting layer (14) extending along the substrate (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei Ichikawa, Kiyoshi Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20110267239
    Abstract: A portable radio device includes: a housing made of non-conductor having a first permittivity; a circuit board disposed in the housing; a radio circuit disposed on the circuit board; an antenna element connected to the radio circuit; and a dielectric body. The dielectric body is disposed substantially in a center of the housing in a lateral direction thereof and has a second permittivity higher than the first permittivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuharu Mashima, Tadashi Oga, Shoichi Kajiwara, Kiyoshi Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 7969741
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a substrate structure ensuring a shielding property and a heat discharge property of a resin part that collectively covers a plurality of electronic components and capable of downsizing, thinning, and a reduction in number of components. The substrate structure 20 of the first embodiment is provided with a substrate 21, a plurality of electronic components 22 mounted along the substrate 21, and a resin part 25 that covers the electronic components 22 and is in close contact with the substrate 21. In the substrate structure 20, the resin part 25 is provided with a reinforcing heat discharge layer 26 covering the electronic components 22 and having a heat conductivity and a reinforcing property and a shield layer 27 covering the reinforcing heat discharge layer 26, and a surface o28 of the shield layer 27 is formed into a predetermined shape corresponding to a surface structure of the display device 30 adjacent to the resin part 25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Haruo Hayakawa, Masahiro Ono, Seiji Yamaguchi, Yoshihiro Uda, Kazuhiro Shinchi, Satoru Tomekawa, Kiyoshi Nakanishi, Kosuke Kubota, Atsushi Katagiri, Motohisa Kotani, Kazuhiro Konishi, Eiji Nishimura, Takeo Matsuki
  • Publication number: 20110097028
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cage, for a rolling bearing, whose surface is silver-plated by using a barrel plating method capable of improving the durability thereof in a sliding test. In the cage, for the rolling bearing, made of an iron metal material and having a precious metal-plated layer formed on a surface thereof, the precious metal-plated layer is formed on a ground plated layer formed on a surface of the iron metal material by using a barrel electroplating method. A surface of the ground plated layer consists of a smooth surface. The precious metal-plated layer is in direct close contact with the smooth surface. The ground plated layer consists of a metal having a higher ionization tendency than the precious metal formed on the surface of the ground plated layer. For example, the precious metal forming the plated layer formed on the surface of the ground plated layer is silver, whereas the ground plated layer is a copper-plated layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: Masaki Egami, Kiyoshi Nakanishi, Masao Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20100324249
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a method for chemically modifying the inner surfaces of channels capable of further regulating characteristics of the internal environment of channels, by forming a polymer complex having a specific channel group B, the channel environmental characteristics of which are regulated by a specific substituent A, followed by utilizing the channels of the channel group B as a reaction field to convert the substituent A to a different substituent, and also to provide a polymer complex having highly specific channel environmental characteristics obtained by the chemical modification method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Makoto Fujita, Masaki Kawano, Takehide Kawamichi, Kiyoshi Nakanishi, Takahiro Kojima, Tomoki Kodama
  • Publication number: 20100105901
    Abstract: Disclosed is a synthesis method for synthesizing in a short time and selectively a microcrystal of a polymer complex having three three-dimensionally and regularly arranged channels. Specifically disclosed is a synthesis method of a polymer complex crystal wherein (1) a metallic solution, which is a mixture of zinc halide(II) and a solvent A that can dissolve the zinc halide, is mixed with (2) a ligand solution, which is a mixture of a tridentate ligand that has three coordination sites coordinated to zinc of the zinc halide and a solvent B that can dissolve the tridentate ligand, to be a single-phase solution, thereby synthesizing a microcrystal of a polymer complex having a three-dimensional coordination network formed by coordinating the tridentate ligand to the zinc and having channels that are three-dimensionally and regularly arranged in the three-dimensional coordination network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Fujita, Masaki Kawano, Tsuyoshi Haneda, Kiyoshi Nakanishi, Takahiro Kojima
  • Patent number: 7667299
    Abstract: A circuit board includes a substrate including electrode patterns formed thereon, first chip components mounted on the substrate and a second chip component mounted on a side of electrodes of the first chip components opposite from the substrate. The second chip component is bonded at one electrode to an electrode of the first chip component and is also bonded at the other electrode to an electrode of the first chip component. By stacking chip components in plural stages, it is possible to mount chip components with a high density on the substrate, thereby enabling reduction of the size of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Mori, Masato Hirano, Hiroaki Onishi, Kiyoshi Nakanishi, Akihiko Odani
  • Publication number: 20100033940
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide the effects of suppressing noise radiated from a plurality of coupling terminals for coupling between boards to the peripheral space outside of an inter-board coupling connector. Two boards opposing to each other are electrically coupled by coupling terminals (3a), (3b), (3c) and these coupling terminals are molded by insulative resin to form in a frame shape. When an electric signal passes through the coupling terminals (3a), (3b), (3c), the noise radiated in the peripheral space of the outside can be suppressed by a shield plate (4a), (4b) attached to the outer periphery of the resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, Kiyoshi Nakanishi, Ken Muramatsu, Hiroyuki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20100020497
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a substrate structure ensuring a shielding property and a heat discharge property of a resin part that collectively covers a plurality of electronic components and capable of downsizing, thinning, and a reduction in number of components. The substrate structure 20 of the first embodiment is provided with a substrate 21, a plurality of electronic components 22 mounted along the substrate 21, and a resin part 25 that covers the electronic components 22 and is in close contact with the substrate 21. In the substrate structure 20, the resin part 25 is provided with a reinforcing heat discharge layer 26 covering the electronic components 22 and having a heat conductivity and a reinforcing property and a shield layer 27 covering the reinforcing heat discharge layer 26, and a surface o28 of the shield layer 27 is formed into a predetermined shape corresponding to a surface structure of the display device 30 adjacent to the resin part 25.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2006
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruo Hayakawa, Masahiro Ono, Seiji Yamaguchi, Yoshihiro Uda, Kazuhiro Shinchi, Satoru Tomekawa, Kiyoshi Nakanishi, Kosuke Kubota, Atsushi Katagiri, Motohisa Kotani, Kazuhiro Konishi, Eiji Nishimura, Takeo Matsuki
  • Patent number: 7652693
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a mobile telephone capable of generating a highly flexible composite image for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Miyashita, Kiyoshi Nakanishi, Toshiyuki Tsumura
  • Patent number: 7626554
    Abstract: The invention is to improve antenna performance in an internal antenna in a closed state without deteriorating the antenna performance in a state where a foldable portable radio apparatus is opened. A foldable portable radio apparatus includes a foldable mechanism in which an upper casing 101 and a lower casing 104 are rotatably connected, a first conductor plate 102 and a second conductor plate 103 that are provided in the upper casing 101, and a feeding system that is provided in the lower casing 104, and connects an antenna element 107, a circuit board 105, the first conductor plate 102, and the circuit board, a detecting unit 109 that detects opened and closed states between the upper casing 101 and the lower casing 104, and a first switching unit 110 that switches between an electrically opened state and an electrically short-circuited state between the first conductor plate and the second conductor plate according to the detected result by the detecting unit 109.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuharu Mashima, Kiyoshi Nakanishi, Masayoshi Hirai, Hideo Nakanishi