Patents by Inventor Koji Miura

Koji Miura 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: 20240388758
    Abstract: A vehicle control system (11) has a human-machine interface (31). The human-machine interface (31) performs display control of entertainment content (CT) on the basis of a monitoring result of a passenger (PA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: KOJI MIURA, HIROSHI IMAMURA, MIKINORI MATSUDA, KENTA MIYAKAWA, TORU NAGARA, TSUYOSHI KAGOYA, KOJI NAGATA
  • Publication number: 20240370574
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a security evaluation index calculation apparatus includes: an input unit configured to input a synthesized data generation algorithm M including a parameter generation algorithm for generating a generation parameter from a data set including a plurality of pieces of data and a generation algorithm for generating synthesized data from the generation parameter, a data set D that is a privacy protection target, a sensitivity range RD indicating a set of generation parameters of an adjacent data set that is a data set in which only one piece of data is different from the data set D, and a tolerance ?; a probability density function calculation unit configured to calculate a probability density function f describing a probability distribution followed by an output M(D) when the data set D is input to the synthesized data generation algorithm M; a region calculation unit configured to calculate, as U(t)=f?1([t, ?)), a region U?=U(t?) corresponding to t? in which a value obtained by int
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Takayuki MIURA, Koji CHIDA, Toshiki SHIBAHARA, Atsunori ICHIKAWA, Masanobu KII
  • Publication number: 20240346426
    Abstract: The operation sequence identification device identifies an operation sequence including a series of individual operations. The operation sequence identification device includes an communication circuit that acquires first sensing information indicating the position of a moving object in an operation area in chronological order and plural pieces of second sensing information indicating surrounding environment states at different positions in the operation area in chronological order, and a control circuit that specifies the order of the series of individual operations based on the first sensing information and that identifies the operation content of each of the series of individual operations based on the second sensing information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Koji MIURA, Hidehiko Shin
  • Publication number: 20240334100
    Abstract: For example, the level of direct sound leaking is reduced. A sound reproduction apparatus includes: a speaker unit; and a hollow sound conduit having one end side closed and another end side serving as an open end fitted with the speaker unit, in which the sound conduit has a plurality of holes, and the holes each have a shape inclined in a beam generation direction of sound radiated through the plurality of holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: TERUTAKA YANA, TOMOHIRO YOKOYAMA, KOJI MIURA
  • Publication number: 20240310713
    Abstract: A screen according to an embodiment of the present technology is a screen that displays an image in accordance with emission of image light including light in a predetermined polarized state as a major component and includes a corrugated surface and an optical element unit. The corrugated surface includes a plurality of reflection surfaces, the plurality of reflection surfaces having light transmissivity and diffusing and reflecting the emitted image light. The optical element unit is configured in accordance with a polarized state of the image light on a second side opposite to a first side of the corrugated surface on which the image light is emitted, restricts transmission of the image light to the second side, and transmits at least part of light entering from the second side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: KOJI MIURA, SHOGO KUBOTA
  • Patent number: 12094710
    Abstract: The method of forming a nitride semiconductor film includes intermittently sputtering a target of gallium nitride inside a vacuum chamber containing nitrogen and argon, and depositing sputtered particles of the gallium nitride that are scattered from the target inside the vacuum chamber, on a substrate having a temperature of 560 degrees C. or higher and 650 degrees C. or lower. A ratio of a flow rate of the nitrogen to a sum of the flow rate of the nitrogen and a flow rate of the argon supplied to the vacuum chamber is 6% or higher and 18% or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignees: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED, OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Nobuaki Takahashi, Hitoshi Miura, Koji Neishi, Ryuji Katayama, Yusuke Mori, Masayuki Imanishi
  • Publication number: 20240294181
    Abstract: A driving assistance system includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. Based on use history data of a driving assistance function including positions at which the driving assistance function has been used at respective vehicles, which is collected from plural vehicles and stored in the memory, and based on position information indicating planned travel positions at which a specific vehicle is going to travel, the processor aggregates use frequencies of the driving assistance function at the planned travel positions of the plural vehicles, and, based on the aggregated use frequencies, the processor outputs information that suggests use of the driving assistance function at the specific vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki KOBAYASHI, Yasuhiro MIURA, Motohiro KOJIMA, Kuka ISHIYAMA, Tadahiro NISHIKAWA, Koji AIKAWA, Yuji OTA, Yasuhiro ISHIGURO
  • Publication number: 20240261676
    Abstract: The game system includes a first acquisition unit that acquires vehicle information about a vehicle, and a first transmission unit that transmits the vehicle information acquired by the first acquisition unit to a personal terminal brought into the vehicle. A vehicle-mounted device mounted on the vehicle; a second acquisition unit that acquires the vehicle information transmitted from the first transmission unit; and the vehicle information acquired by the second acquisition unit, on the personal terminal and the personal terminal including a control unit that controls the progress of the game by using it as a parameter of the game that is being executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Motohiro KOJIMA, Koji Aikawa, Morihiko Yoshida, Tadahiro Nishikawa, Yasuhiro Miura, Kuka Ishiyama, Hideki Kobayashi, Yuji Ota, Yasuhiro Ishiguro, Motoki Maekawa, Hiroshi Mizobata, Takashi Nonogawa
  • Patent number: 12056648
    Abstract: The operation sequence identification device identifies an operation sequence including a series of individual operations. The operation sequence identification device includes an communication circuit that acquires first sensing information indicating the position of a moving object in an operation area in chronological order and plural pieces of second sensing information indicating surrounding environment states at different positions in the operation area in chronological order, and a control circuit that specifies the order of the series of individual operations based on the first sensing information and that identifies the operation content of each of the series of individual operations based on the second sensing information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Miura, Hidehiko Shin
  • Patent number: 12049122
    Abstract: A refrigeration cycle device includes a heat pump cycle, a high-temperature heat medium circuit, and a low-temperature heat medium circuit. The low-temperature heat medium circuit includes a plurality of heat absorption devices configured to have a heat absorption amount to be absorbed by the low-temperature heat medium flowing out of a low-temperature heat medium-refrigerant heat exchanger, and a heat absorption adjusting unit configured to change the heat absorption amount of the low-temperature heat medium in the respective heat absorption devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Miura, Hiroaki Kawano, Motohiro Yamaguchi, Kazuya Taniguchi, Yoshiki Kato, Masamichi Makihara, Takahiro Maeda, Kuniyoshi Tanioka, Toru Okamura, Naoya Makimoto
  • Publication number: 20240239192
    Abstract: The mobile device is provided with an operation restriction unit, and the operation restriction unit determines which seat of the vehicle is being operated from the captured image of the back camera. When determining that the captured image is captured by the driver's seat, the operation restriction unit restricts the operation of the process execution unit. Accordingly, in the mobile device, it is possible to prevent the mobile device from being operated in the driver's seat, which is appropriately restricted from being operated in the driver's seat in a vehicle or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki KOBAYASHI, Yasuhiro Miura, Kuka Ishiyama, Koji Aikawa, Tadahiro Nishikawa, Yuji Ota, Motoki Maekawa, Yasuhiro Ishiguro
  • Patent number: 12020836
    Abstract: To provide an R-T-B based permanent magnet having a high residual magnetic flux density Br at room temperature and a high coercivity HcJ at high temperature. In the R-T-B based permanent magnet, R is a rare earth element, T is an iron group element, and B is boron, and the R-T-B based permanent magnet includes a light rare earth element and a heavy rare earth element as R. The R-T-B based permanent magnet further includes Al, Ga, and Zr. With respect to 100 mass % of the R-T-B based permanent magnet, a total content of R is 28.50 mass % to 30.25 mass % (not including 28.50 mass %), B content is 0.93 mass % to 0.98 mass %, Al content is 0.03 mass % to 0.19 mass %, Ga content is 0.03 mass % to 0.15 mass %, and Zr content is 0.30 mass % to 0.50 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Miura, Masashi Miwa
  • 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: 20240119470
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a method for generating a forecast of a timeseries is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a set of features comprising data and timeseries to be used by each of a plurality of prediction models for generating the forecast. Further, the method comprises generating using the set of features, a plurality of forecast results based on an ensemble of the plurality of prediction models. Furthermore, the method comprises optimizing the plurality of forecast results associated with a respective forecast module. Additionally, the method comprises probabilistically combining the outputs of the plurality of optimization modules. Moreover, the method comprises outputting a final forecast based on the combination of the at least two forecast results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Debdeep PAUL, Chandra Suwandi Wijaya, Yizhou Huang, Khai Jun Kek, Koji Miura
  • Patent number: 11906769
    Abstract: An optical system includes: a first optical system including a polarization conversion element aligning a polarization direction of light including color light beams with a predetermined polarization direction, and generating illumination light including the color light beams; a first polarization rotation element disposed at a first pupil position inside the first optical system, including first and second divided regions, in which the first and second divided regions have different polarization characteristics with respect to a first color light beam outputted from the polarization conversion element; a polarizer disposed between the polarization conversion element and the first polarization rotation element, and reducing light in a polarization direction other than the predetermined polarization direction included in light outputted from the polarization conversion element; and light valves each illuminated by at least the first color light beam included in the illumination light generated by the first opt
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kazumasa Kaneda, Koji Miura
  • Publication number: 20230316320
    Abstract: Implementations generally relate to tracking of user behavioral data in various environments where a user performs various activities. In some implementations, a method includes tracking, using capture devices, user behavior of a user, wherein the capture devices capture the user behavior performed by the user in environments associated with the user. The method further includes identifying target behaviors from the user behavior. The method further includes computing behavior scores for each target behavior of the target behaviors based on predetermined scoring criteria. The method further includes converting the behavior scores into behavior credits based on predetermined credit criteria. The method further includes displaying a summary of the user behavior to the user, wherein the summary comprises information associated with the target behaviors, the behavior scores, and the behavior credits enabling the user to redeem the behavior credits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Ted Yamazaki, Steve Saito, Makoto Sasaki, Tetsugoro Ihara, Hitoshi Yamane, Koji Miura, Tonni Sandager Larsen
  • Patent number: 11742119
    Abstract: Provided is a permanent magnet including a rare-earth element R (such as Nd), a transition metal element T (such as Fe), B, Zr, and Cu. The permanent magnet contains a plurality of main phase grains including Nd, T, and B, and grain boundary multiple junctions, the one grain boundary multiple junction is a grain boundary surrounded by three or more of the main phase grains, one of the grain boundary multiple junctions contains a ZrB2 crystal and an R—Cu-rich phase including R and Cu, Fe is contained in the ZrB2 crystal, a total concentration of Nd and Pr in the one grain boundary multiple junction containing both the ZrB2 crystal and the R—Cu-rich phase is higher than a total concentration of Nd and Pr in the main phase grain, a concentration of Cu in the one grain boundary multiple junction containing both the ZrB2 crystal and the R—Cu-rich phase is higher than a concentration of Cu in the main phase grain, and a unit of the concentration of each of Nd, Pr, and Cu is atomic %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Miwa, Yoshitomo Tanaka, Koji Miura, Taeko Tsubokura
  • Publication number: 20230152679
    Abstract: A projector according to the present disclosure includes: an illumination optical system; a separator; a first light valve; a second light valve; and a projection optical system. The illumination optical system generates illumination light. The separator separates the illumination light from the illumination optical system into first illumination light and second illumination light. The first light valve is illuminated with the first illumination light separated by the separator and generates first image light. The second light valve is illuminated with the second illumination light separated by the separator and generates second image light. The first image light generated by the first light valve and the second image light generated by the second light valve enter the projection optical system through the separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: KOJI MIURA, KAZUMASA KANEDA
  • Patent number: 11636962
    Abstract: Provided is a permanent magnet including a rare-earth element R, a transition metal element T, B, Zr, and Cu. The permanent magnet contains main phase grains including Nd, T, and B, and grain boundary multiple junctions, the grain boundary multiple junction is a grain boundary surrounded by three or more of the main phase grains, one of the grain boundary multiple junctions contains a ZrB2 crystal and an R—Cu-rich phase, a concentration of B in the grain boundary multiple junction containing both the ZrB2 crystal and the R—Cu-rich phase is from 5 to 20 atomic %, a concentration of Cu in the grain boundary multiple junction containing both the ZrB2 crystal and the R—Cu-rich phase is from 5 to 25 atomic %, and a surface layer part of the main phase grain includes at least one kind of heavy rare-earth element among Tb and Dy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Miwa, Koji Miura, Taeko Tsubokura
  • Publication number: 20230040080
    Abstract: An optical system of the present disclosure includes: a first optical system including a polarization conversion element aligning a polarization direction of light including color light beams with a predetermined polarization direction, and generating illumination light including the color light beams; a first polarization rotation element disposed at a first pupil position inside the first optical system, including first and second divided regions, in which the first and second divided regions have different polarization characteristics with respect to a first color light beam outputted from the polarization conversion element; a polarizer disposed between the polarization conversion element and the first polarization rotation element, and reducing light in a polarization direction other than the predetermined polarization direction included in light outputted from the polarization conversion element; and light valves each illuminated by at least the first color light beam included in the illumination light
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazumasa KANEDA, Koji MIURA