Patents by Inventor Koji An

Koji An 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: 20240181895
    Abstract: A braking and driving force control apparatus to be provided in a vehicle including front-wheel and rear-wheel longitudinal force generators that generate longitudinal forces of front and rear wheels, respectively. The braking and driving force control apparatus includes: first and second road surface friction coefficient setting units that respectively set first and second road surface friction coefficients; and a braking and driving force distribution control unit. The second road surface friction coefficient is larger than the first road surface friction coefficient. When the front-wheel and rear-wheel longitudinal force generators generate a driving force, the braking and driving force distribution control unit controls an output allotment ratio by using the first road surface friction coefficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventor: Koji MATSUNO
  • Publication number: 20240181885
    Abstract: A display control device executes a calculation acceleration acquisition processing and a display processing. The calculation acceleration acquisition processing includes a process of acquiring a calculation acceleration variable that indicates a calculated acceleration of a vehicle in response to a driving state of the vehicle or a driving state of the vehicle that generates the calculated acceleration. The display processing includes a process of displaying an image that is visible to an occupant of the vehicle by operating a display device, and includes an image variation process of changing the image in response to the calculation acceleration variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Yuuki OZAWA, Koji SHIBATA, Yusuke MINAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240181889
    Abstract: A spinning and sliding detection device in a train includes: a change detection unit that periodically acquires a first detected value from a speed sensor, calculates a first change amount, using the first detected values, periodically acquires a second detected value from an acceleration sensor, calculates a second change amount, using the second detected values, and selects a change mode from a plurality of change modes defined for determining whether spinning or sliding has occurred at the train, using the first change amount, the second change amount, a first threshold, and a second threshold and outputs the selected change mode; and a spinning and sliding determination unit that determines whether spinning or sliding has occurred at the train and determines whether a failure has occurred in either the speed sensor or the acceleration sensor, based on the change mode acquired from the change detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akira NAKANISHI, Satoru MATSUOKA, Koji SHIRATSUCHI, Masashi ASUKA, Makoto TOKUMARU
  • Publication number: 20240183625
    Abstract: An aspect of a heat exchange unit of a refrigeration cycle device, includes a housing having openings, and gripping members attached to the openings. Each gripping member has a main body having an inner space that opens to an outside, and a plurality of claws that protrude from the main body and that hook to a circumferential edge of the openings. The plurality of claws include a plurality of first claw portions, and at least one second claw portion that is provided on an opposite side to the plurality of first claw portions in a predetermined direction that intersects the opening direction. At least one claw portion out of the plurality of first claw portions and the at least one second claw portion is an elastic claw that is cantilevered by the main body and is elastically deformable in the predetermined direction with respect to the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Mizuo SAKAI, Koji NOGUCHI, Yusuke TAKAHASHI, Nobukazu KATO, Shoko TSUMURA, Hirokazu MURAKAMI, Motoki OTSUKA, Yudai SAKABE
  • Publication number: 20240184284
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a quality evaluator that evaluates the quality of a plurality of instances of first data to generate a first evaluation result and evaluates the quality of a plurality of instances of second data to generate a second evaluation result; a learner that performs machine learning, using the plurality of instances of first data, to generate a machine learning model for detecting an anomaly; a detector that compares the first evaluation result and the second evaluation result and detects a concept drift, based on a comparison result; and an anomaly estimator that applies the machine learning model to the plurality of instances of second data to estimate whether an anomaly is present in the plurality of instances of second data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Kazuhiko NAKAGAWA, Yukinori SASAKI, Koji MIURA, Hironori OHIGASHI
  • Publication number: 20240186341
    Abstract: An imaging device according to an embodiment includes: a pixel array unit including a plurality of pixels arranged in matrix arrangement, in which a separation portion that separates a pixel with a separation surface to acquire a phase difference is provided at an angle different from 0 degrees with respect to a column direction in the arrangement in at least some of the plurality of pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji MIYATA
  • Publication number: 20240183865
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a method for visualizing an aggregate of aggregating proteins in an environment similar to in vivo conditions. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for collecting an aggregating protein-containing solution by allowing an aggregating protein-containing solution to pass through a filtration filter through which a solution for accelerating and visualizing protein aggregation has passed; a method for visualizing an aggregate of aggregating proteins comprising visualizing an aggregate of aggregating proteins in the aggregating protein-containing solution collected by the collecting method; and a method of forming an aggregate of labeled aggregating proteins of interest in a medium or culture supernatant from which an aggregation inhibitor of 40 kDa or higher has been removed, so as to visualize aggregation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicants: KANEKA CORPORATION, MURORAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Naoki NISHISHITA, Akira KOBAYASHI, Kiyotaka TOKURAKU, Koji UWAI, Masahiro KURAGANO
  • Publication number: 20240185615
    Abstract: An information processing device 10 includes an image interface 19, a sensor interface 20, and a controller 21. The image interface 19 is configured to acquire a captured image from an imaging device. The sensor interface 20 is configured to acquire a distance distribution from a distance measurement sensor. The distance measurement sensor has a detection range that overlaps at least partially with the imaging range of the imaging device. The distance measurement sensor is configured to measure a distance distribution by receiving a reflected wave of a projected wave at an object. The distance distribution includes distance values to a reflection point in each of a plurality of directions. The controller 21 is configured to detect a target, namely a subject image, from the captured image. The controller 21 is configured to calculate the position of a subject in the width direction on the basis of the captured image and the distance distribution. The subject corresponds to the subject image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Koji ARATA, Shigeto HATTORI, Ryuichi SAWADA, Hironobu TANIGAWA
  • Publication number: 20240184108
    Abstract: A light source device which is miniaturized, can be manufactured at low cost, and is suitable as an illumination light source of a display device of an electronic device such as an HUD and an aerial floating image display apparatus is provided. The light source device includes: a light source configured to generate white light by irradiating a phosphor with light emitted from a solid-state light source; a collimating optical system (15) configured to convert a divergent light flux of the white light emitted from the light source into parallel light; a light guide configured to cause the light emitted from the collimating optical system (15) to be incident as incident light and emit the incident light in a direction different from an incident direction; and a filter configured to reflect light in a blue region of the parallel light to irradiate the phosphor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Koji HIRATA, Toshinori SUGIYAMA, Yasuhiko KUNII
  • Publication number: 20240184147
    Abstract: Stress applied to a wavelength conversion element is relaxed at the time of temperature control of the wavelength conversion element, and stable operation and improvement of long-term reliability of a wavelength conversion device are realized. A wavelength conversion device includes: a wavelength conversion element that receives excitation light and signal light and outputs wavelength-converted output signal light; a temperature control element that controls a temperature of the wavelength conversion element; an upper member that is provided between the wavelength conversion element and the temperature control element and transfers heat between the temperature control element and the wavelength conversion element; and a sheet-like adhesive sheet provided between the wavelength conversion element (and the upper member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Asuka Inoue, Kei Watanabe, Osamu Tadanaga, Koji Embutsu
  • Publication number: 20240184133
    Abstract: An air floating video display apparatus includes: a video display apparatus displaying a video; a lenticular lens arranged on a video-light emission side of the video display apparatus; and a retroreflector reflecting video light emitted from the video display apparatus and aerially forming an air floating video by using the reflection light. The video display apparatus displays a plurality of multi-viewpoint images including at least three objects so that a position of an optional object among the at least three objects is fixed while a position of an object other than the optional object is shifted among the plurality of different multi-viewpoint images in a predetermined direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Koji FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20240187323
    Abstract: A guard time calculation device, which is used in a network system including a terminal, a plurality of network functions and an offload device, includes a memory and a processor configured to, in a case where a state transition of a second network function is performed next to a state transition of a first network function, after outputting a packet from the second network function, calculate time it takes that the packet arrives at the offload device via zero or more network functions, and is processed in the offload device, and the packet after processing arrives at the second network function via the zero or more network functions, wherein after the state transition of the first network function is completed and a queued packet is transmitted, the state transition of the second network function is started after a lapse of a guard time on the basis of the time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Koji SUGISONO, Shinya KAWANO
  • Publication number: 20240188404
    Abstract: A display apparatus with a novel structure is provided. The display apparatus includes a display surface, a flexible non-rectangular substrate over which part of the display surface is formed, and a light-emitting device formed over the flexible substrate. The light-emitting device includes pixel regions formed in a matrix. The display surface has a convex or concave region when part of the flexible non-rectangular substrate is bent. A novel light-emitting apparatus, a novel display apparatus, a novel input/output apparatus, or a novel semiconductor apparatus can be achieved. The display apparatus enables the degree of design flexibility of a display apparatus to be increased and design of the display apparatus to be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Koji KUSUNOKI, Hideaki KUWABARA, Yoshiaki OIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240188330
    Abstract: A novel semiconductor device is provided. A gate of a second transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of a first transistor and one of a source and a drain of a third transistor. Aback gate of the second transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of a fourth transistor and one terminal of a first capacitor. One of a source and a drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the third transistor, the other terminal of the first capacitor, and one terminal of a light-emitting element. A semiconductor layer in each of the first, third, and fourth transistors is partly in an opening formed in an insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Koji KUSUNOKI, Hideaki SHISHIDO, Susumu KAWASHIMA, Motoharu SAITO, Tomoaki ATSUMI
  • Publication number: 20240186997
    Abstract: A voltage generation circuit includes: a first MOSFET including a source, a back gate, and a gate connected to a first node, and a drain connected to a first potential end; a front-stage transistor circuit including one or more second MOSFETs and connected between the first node and a second potential end; a third MOSFET including a source and a back gate connected to a second node, a gate connected to the first node, and a drain connected to the first potential end; and a rear-stage transistor circuit including one or more fourth MOSFETs and connected between the second node and the second potential end, wherein the first and third MOSFETs each have characteristic of being in a conductive state when gate-source voltage is 0 V, and wherein the second and fourth MOSFETs each have characteristic of being in a cut-off state when gate-source voltage is 0 V.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Koji SAITO, Ryoichi KUROKAWA
  • Patent number: 11998339
    Abstract: A bio-electrode composition contains: (A) a polymer compound containing a repeating unit-a having a structure selected from the group consisting of salts of ammonium, sodium, potassium, and silver formed with any of fluorosulfonic acid, fluorosulfonimide, and N-carbonyl-fluorosulfonamide; and (B) a silicone compound having a polyglycerin structure. This bio-electrode composition is able to form a living body contact layer for a bio-electrode which enable quick signal collection after attachment to skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Hatakeyama, Motoaki Iwabuchi, Joe Ikeda, Koji Hasegawa, Yasuyoshi Kuroda
  • Patent number: 12001900
    Abstract: An inkjet printing method forming a decorative printed layer having a three-dimensional texture on a printing surface is described. The inkjet printing method includes: printing dots of curable ink that cure under a predetermined condition based on dot pattern data indicative of printed positions of the dots to be printed on the printing surface; and curing the printed dots. The dot pattern data indicates that: a distance between the adjacent dots becomes a distance where the adjacent dots before the curing are allowed to be maintained independently without bonding to one another in a first region; and the distance between the adjacent dots becomes a distance where the adjacent dots before the curing bond to one another in a second region different from the first region. Such a method may allow forming a decorative printed layer having a three-dimensional texture with a desired gloss level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Takeo Yamamoto, Katsuya Ono, Koji Saito
  • Patent number: 12002907
    Abstract: A light emitting module includes: a base board; and a plurality of divisional planar light emitters disposed adjacent to each other on one surface of the base board. The base board includes: a plurality of conductive parts, a flexible base part joined to the conductive parts, and an insulating base part joined to the flexible base part. Each of the plurality of divisional planar light emitters includes: a plurality of wiring parts electrically connected with corresponding ones of the conductive parts of the base board, a plurality of light emitting elements each disposed on corresponding ones of the wiring parts, and a sealing part sealing the plurality of light emitting elements and facing the insulating base part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yumiko Kameshima, Eiko Minato, Koji Taguchi, Masaaki Katsumata
  • Patent number: 12001634
    Abstract: A display apparatus capable of performing authentication in a short time is provided. The display apparatus includes a first display portion where first pixels are arranged in a matrix, a second display portion where second pixels are arranged in a matrix, first and second row driver circuits, and a control circuit. Each of the first and the second pixels includes a light-receiving element. The first and the second pixels each have a function of acquiring imaging data by using the light-receiving element. The first and the second row driver circuits each have a function of selecting the first and the second pixels which read out the imaging data. The control circuit has a function of sequentially driving the first and the second row driver circuits in a first mode, and has a function of driving one of the first and the second row driver circuits on the basis of the imaging data in the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yoshimoto, Kazunori Watanabe, Susumu Kawashima, Ryo Yamauchi, Motoharu Saito, Koji Kusunoki, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: D1029914
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: I-PRO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Jojima, Koji Taniguchi, Shinichi Murata, Masashi Nakamura, Satoru Ooyabu, Takehito Katori