Patents by Inventor Koji Uchida

Koji Uchida 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: 11935827
    Abstract: Catalyst particles comprising one or more active metal components and methods for manufacturing such catalyst particles are provided. The particles are a composite of a granulating agent or binder material such as an inorganic oxide, and an ultra-stable Y (hereafter “USY”) zeolite in which some of the aluminum atoms in the framework are substituted with zirconium atoms and/or titanium atoms and/or hafnium atoms. The one or more active phase components are incorporated in a composite mixture of the inorganic oxide binder and the post-framework modified USY zeolite prior to forming the catalyst particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, JGC Catalysts & Chemicals Ltd., Japan Cooperation Center for Petroleum and Sustainable Energy
    Inventors: Omer Refa Koseoglu, Robert Peter Hodgkins, Koji Uchida
  • Publication number: 20240080119
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a processing circuit configured to acquire first data that includes a first position of a mobile object at a time of receiving a first signal from an antenna or a first distance between the mobile object and the antenna, and a first received power of the first signal, acquire second data that includes a second position of the mobile object at a time of receiving a second signal from the antenna or a second distance between the mobile object and the antenna, and a second received power of the second signal, and estimate a propagation environment of a signal in a space facing the antenna with the second position interposed therebetween by comparing the first data with the second data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Daisuke UCHIDA, Tomoya TANDAI, Koji AKITA
  • Publication number: 20240073400
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including an image correction section that corrects a camera image captured by a camera of a head-mounted display, a state estimation section that estimates a state of an actual physical body with use of the corrected camera image, and a calibration section that causes the head-mounted display to display a guide image that represents an extraction situation of feature points from the camera image, the feature points being necessary for calibration of the camera, collects data of the feature points, performs calibration, and updates a correction parameter used by the image correction section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Koji Ichikawa, TAKANORI MINAMINO, MASAKI UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230347944
    Abstract: A vehicle vibration control system includes: a buffer mechanism that is disposed between a wheel and a vehicle body and capable of adjusting buffer performance as a function of reducing vibration input to the vehicle body from the wheel; a weight detection unit that detects the weight of the vehicle body; a traveling position detection unit that detects the traveling position of the vehicle body; and a control device that controls the buffer performance of the buffer mechanism. The control device acquires a driving pattern in which the traveling position of the vehicle body and the buffer performance were set, on the basis of the weight of the vehicle body, and controls the buffer performance of the buffer mechanism on the basis of the acquired driving pattern and a result detected in the traveling position detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Akihisa KAWAUCHI, Koji UCHIDA, Hiroyuki KONO, So TAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230324177
    Abstract: An acceleration monitoring device that comprises: an acquisition unit that acquires measured acceleration waveforms, being acceleration waveforms measured by a vehicle that is traveling a trajectory; a storage unit that stores a reference acceleration waveform, being an acceleration waveform that serves as a reference for measured acceleration waveforms for a predetermined area of interest that is part of the trajectory; and a monitoring unit that monitors the acceleration values for non-linear expanded/contracted and measured acceleration waveforms, being acceleration waveforms made to correspond to the reference acceleration waveform by non-linearly expanding and contracting the time axis for measured acceleration waveforms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Akihisa KAWAUCHI, Koji UCHIDA, Kosaku MURASE
  • Publication number: 20230226531
    Abstract: Catalyst particles comprising one or more active metal components and methods for manufacturing such catalyst particles are provided. The particles are a composite of a granulating agent or binder material such as an inorganic oxide, and an ultra-stable Y (hereafter “USY”) zeolite in which some of the aluminum atoms in the framework are substituted with zirconium atoms and/or titanium atoms and/or hafnium atoms. The one or more active phase components are incorporated prior to mixing the binder with the post-framework modified USY zeolite, extruding the resulting composite mixture, and forming the catalyst particles. The one or more active phase components are incorporated in the binder material prior to forming the catalyst particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Omer Refa KOSEOGLU, Robert Peter HODGKINS, Koji UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230226530
    Abstract: Catalyst particles comprising one or more active metal components and methods for manufacturing such catalyst particles are provided. The particles are a composite of a granulating agent or binder material such as an inorganic oxide, and an ultra-stable Y (hereafter “USY”) zeolite in which some of the aluminum atoms in the framework are substituted with zirconium atoms and/or titanium atoms and/or hafnium atoms. The one or more active phase components are incorporated prior to mixing the binder with the post-framework modified USY zeolite, extruding the resulting composite mixture, and forming the catalyst particles. The one or more active phase components are incorporated in the post-framework modified USY zeolite prior to forming the catalyst particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Omer Refa KOSEOGLU, Robert Peter HODGKINS, Koji UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230226532
    Abstract: Catalyst particles comprising one or more active metal components and methods for manufacturing such catalyst particles are provided. The particles are a composite of a granulating agent or binder material such as an inorganic oxide, and an ultra-stable Y (hereafter “USY”) zeolite in which some of the aluminum atoms in the framework are substituted with zirconium atoms and/or titanium atoms and/or hafnium atoms. The one or more active phase components are incorporated in a composite mixture of the inorganic oxide binder and the post-framework modified USY zeolite prior to forming the catalyst particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Omer Refa KOSEOGLU, Robert Peter HODGKINS, Koji UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230150554
    Abstract: This bogie and vehicle is provided with: a bogie body; a pair of travel wheels disposed on both sides of the bogie body in a direction intersecting with the traveling direction and capable of rolling motion on the traveling road surface of a track; a guide device guided along a guide rail and rotatably supported to the bogie body about the axial line along a vertical direction; and a pair of motors disposed between the pair of travel wheels of the bogie body and transferring a drive force to the pair of travel wheels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Koji UCHIDA, Hiroyuki KONO, Masaya MITAKE, So TAMURA
  • Patent number: 11618858
    Abstract: In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for hydrodearylating aromatic bottoms oil includes contacting at least one aromatic bottoms oil stream with at least one catalyst composition and hydrogen in a reactor in order to hydrodearylate the aromatic bottoms oil stream. The catalyst composition includes a catalyst support comprising framework-substituted ultra-stable Y-type (USY) zeolite substituted with at least zirconium atoms. The catalyst composition does not include a hydrogenative metal component disposed on the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd., Japan Cooperation Center Petroleum
    Inventors: Omer Refa Koseoglu, Robert Peter Hodgkins, Koji Uchida
  • Publication number: 20220379901
    Abstract: This monitoring device comprises: an acceleration acquisition unit for acquiring acceleration data of a vehicle traveling along a track; an acceleration effective value acquisition unit for acquiring a plurality of acceleration effective values obtained by applying a bandpass filter for each of a plurality of constant specific bandwidths to the acceleration data; a corrected acceleration calculation unit for calculating a corrected acceleration on the basis of each of the acceleration effective values of the respective constant specific bandwidths and predetermined correction coefficients corresponding to the respective constant specific bandwidths; and an abnormality detection unit for detecting an abnormality of the vehicle or of the track on the basis of the magnitude of the corrected acceleration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Akihisa KAWAUCHI, Hiroyuki KONO, Koji UCHIDA, Mitsuaki HOSHI
  • Patent number: 11484868
    Abstract: In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a catalyst composition includes a catalyst support and at least one hydrogenative component disposed on the catalyst support. The catalyst support includes at least one USY zeolite having a framework substituted with titanium and/or zirconium and/or hafnium. The framework-substituted USY zeolite has an average crystallite size from 5 ?m to 50 ?m. Methods of making and using such a catalyst in a hydrocracking process are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd., Japan Cooperation Center Petroleum
    Inventors: Omer Refa Koseoglu, Robert Peter Hodgkins, Mitsunori Watabe, Koji Uchida
  • Patent number: 11484869
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for the hydrodealkylation of aromatic rich hydrocarbon streams to produce benzene, toluene and mixed xylenes (BTX), with high selectivity towards high value xylenes. The process uses catalysts containing a framework-substituted zirconium and/or titanium and/or hafnium-modified ultra-stable Y (USY) type zeolite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd., Japan Cooperation Center, Petroleum
    Inventors: Omer Refa Koseoglu, Robert Peter Hodgkins, Mitsunori Watabe, Koji Uchida
  • Patent number: 11465507
    Abstract: This abnormality monitoring device is equipped with: an acceleration data acquisition unit for acquiring measurement data about the acceleration of a vehicle chassis; an abnormality presence determination unit for determining whether an abnormality is present on the basis of a comparison between the acceleration and a threshold; a frequency analysis unit for analyzing the acceleration frequency when the abnormality presence determination unit determines that an abnormality is present, and an abnormality type identification unit for identifying abnormality type on the basis of the frequency pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihisa Kawauchi, Hiroyuki Kono, Koji Uchida, Katsuya Kuroki, So Tamura
  • Patent number: 11420192
    Abstract: In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a catalyst composition includes a catalyst support and at least one hydrogenative component disposed on the catalyst support. The catalyst support includes at least one USY zeolite having a framework substituted with titanium and zirconium. The framework-substituted USY zeolite comprises at least one rare earth element. Methods of making and using such a catalyst in a hydrocracking process are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd., Japan Cooperation Center Petroleum
    Inventors: Omer Refa Koseoglu, Robert Peter Hodgkins, Mitsunori Watabe, Koji Uchida
  • Publication number: 20220176357
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for the hydrodealkylation of aromatic rich hydrocarbon streams to produce benzene, toluene and mixed xylenes (BTX), with high selectivity towards high value xylenes. The process uses catalysts containing a framework-substituted zirconium and/or titanium and/or hafnium-modified ultra-stable Y (USY) type zeolite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Omer Refa Koseoglu, Robert Peter Hodgkins, Mitsunori Watabe, Koji Uchida
  • Patent number: 11332678
    Abstract: Methods for processing paraffinic naphtha include contacting a paraffinic naphtha feedstock with a catalyst system in a dehydrogenation reactor. The catalyst system includes a framework-substituted ultra-stable Y (USY)-type zeolite to produce a dehydrogenated product stream. The catalyst system includes a framework-substituted ultra-stable Y (USY)-type zeolite. The framework-substituted USY-type zeolite has a modified USY framework. The modified USY framework includes a USY aluminosilicate framework modified by substituting a portion of framework aluminum atoms of the USY aluminosilicate framework with substitution atoms independently selected from the group consisting of titanium atoms, zirconium atoms, hafnium atoms, and combinations thereof. A dehydrogenation catalyst for dehydrogenating a paraffinic naphtha includes the framework-substituted ultra-stable Y (USY)-type zeolite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd., Japan Cooperation Center Petroleum
    Inventors: Omer Refa Koseoglu, Ali H. Alshareef, Mitsunori Watabe, Koji Uchida
  • Patent number: 11305264
    Abstract: A method including subjecting an ultra-stable Y-type zeolite having a low silica-to-alumina molar ratio (SAR), such as in a range of 3 to 6, to acid treatment and heteroatom incorporation contemporaneously to give a framework-modified ultra-stable Y-type zeolite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Robert Peter Hodgkins, Omer Refa Koseoglu, Koji Uchida, Tomoyasu Kagawa, Mitsunori Watabe
  • Publication number: 20220097031
    Abstract: In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a catalyst composition includes a catalyst support and at least one hydrogenative component disposed on the catalyst support. The catalyst support includes at least one USY zeolite having a framework substituted with titanium and/or zirconium and/or hafnium. The framework-substituted USY zeolite has an average crystallite size from 5 ?m to 50 ?m. Methods of making and using such a catalyst in a hydrocracking process are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd., Japan Cooperation Center Petroleum
    Inventors: Omer Refa Koseoglu, Robert Peter Hodgkins, Mitsunori Watabe, Koji Uchida
  • Patent number: 11280624
    Abstract: A movable object position determining unit of a control device for a movable object is configured to determine whether a current position of the movable object is separated a predetermined distance or more from a transit point which is a junction between a valid movement track and a candidate movement track. A change processing unit is configured to change the candidate movement track as a new valid movement track when a track change determining unit determines that the current position of the movable object is separated the predetermined distance or more from the transit point as the junction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Iwasaki, Koji Uchida, Hiroyuki Kono