Patents by Inventor Kosei Tsuji
Kosei Tsuji 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).
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Publication number: 20240152979Abstract: A congestion degree measurement unit measures a congestion degree in each of a plurality of areas in which the electronic currency issued to the user can be used. A value determination unit determines a utility value of the electronic currency in the area, based on the congestion degree measured by the congestion degree measurement unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Yuki Tsuji, Shintaro Chiku, Naoko Fukushi, Yoko Tanaka, Kazuki Ogata, Kosei Kobayshi, Kei Yanagisawa
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Publication number: 20240144300Abstract: Estimating means estimates first characteristic information pertaining to persons present within an area for which an estimation is made, based on first information obtained by tallying signals transmitted from terminal devices of users in the area for which the estimation is made and second information which is statistical information of the area for which the estimation is made. Based on the second characteristic information generated by an analyzing apparatus that analyzes an image, verifying means verifies the first characteristic information estimated by the estimating means. Based on the verification result of the verifying means, correcting means corrects the estimation of the first characteristic information estimated by the estimating means.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2021Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Shintaro CHIKU, Yuki TSUJI, Naoko FUKUSHI, Yoko TANAKA, Kazuki OGATA, Kosei KOBAYASHI, Kei YANAGISAWA
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Publication number: 20240092366Abstract: An on-vehicle apparatus includes an abnormal section determination part that determines a road section having a road surface on which an abnormality is probably present, based on an output value of a sensor mounted on a vehicle, an image selection part that selects an image(s) including the determined road section from a plurality of images shot at predetermined time intervals by a camera mounted on the vehicle, and a transmission part that is able to transmit the selected image(s) to a predetermined server.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Kazuki Ogata, Shintaro Chiku, Yoko Tanaka, Yuki Tsuji, Kosei Kobayashi, Kei Yanagisawa, Natsumi Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20240096110Abstract: A data collection apparatus, including: a data reception part that receives sensor data from a vehicle capable of photographing a road surface, the sensor data being acquired by a sensor mounted on the vehicle; and a control part that evaluates a goodness degree of a road surface photographing environment on a basis of the sensor data and control a transmission from the vehicle of a road surface photographed image on a basis of the goodness degree of the road surface photographing environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Kazuki Ogata, Kosei Kobayashi, Kei Yanagisawa, Shintaro Chiku, Yoko Tanaka, Yuki Tsuji, Natsumi Yokoyama
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Patent number: 11814736Abstract: A pickling facility includes: a pickling tank for storing an acid solution; a conveyance part for continuously conveying a steel plate immersed in the acid solution; a measurement part for measuring at least one parameter which has a correlation with a heat transfer coefficient between the acid solution and a reference surface disposed in the acid solution so as to face the steel plate; and a conveyance speed decision part configured to decide a conveyance speed of the steel plate conveyed by the conveyance part, on the basis of a measurement result of the at least one parameter.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2018Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD.Inventors: Kosei Tsuji, Ryusuke Nakatsuka, Masashi Yoshikawa, Shinji Nanba
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Publication number: 20220220619Abstract: A method for pickling a steel plate having a first steel plate portion and a second steel plate portion which is connected to a tail end of the first steel plate portion and which requires a longer time for pickling than the first steel plate portion when pickled under the same condition includes: a step of pickling the steel plate by immersing the steel plate in an acid solution in at least one pickling tank while conveying the steel plate; a step of circulating the acid solution, through a circulation line connected to any of the at least one pickling tank, between the pickling tank and an oxidizing device disposed in the circulation line; a step of oxidizing Fe2+ in the acid solution to Fe3+ by the oxidizing device using a gaseous oxidant; and a feeding start step of, upon switching from pickling of the first steel plate portion to pickling of the second steel plate portion, starting feeding of a liquid oxidant for oxidizing Fe2+ in the acid solution to Fe3+ to any of the at least one pickling tank or to tType: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2020Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD.Inventors: Kosei TSUJI, Ryusuke NAKATSUKA, Masashi YOSHIKAWA, Takuya HIRATA
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Publication number: 20220154351Abstract: An acid solution preparation device is an acid solution preparation device for preparing an acid solution used for pickling of a steel plate, the device including a sealed tank for storing the acid solution, a gas supply part for supplying an oxygen-containing gas from outside of the sealed tank to the sealed tank, and a purge part for discharging a gas in the sealed tank to the outside.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2019Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD.Inventors: Kosei TSUJI, Ryusuke NAKATSUKA, Takahiro YAGI, Masashi YOSHIKAWA, Hideaki TAKATANI, Toyoaki YASUI, Takuya HIRATA
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Patent number: 11162177Abstract: To prevent over-pickling during pickling pause, shorten the time required to switch between pickling operation and pickling pause, and heat acid solution efficiently, a pickling device includes: a pickling tank for storing acid solution and for pickling a steel strip by allowing the steel strip to travel therethrough while the steel strip is immersed in the acid solution; a heat exchanger for heating the acid solution in the pickling tank; a circulation tank for storing the acid solution, provided separately from the pickling tank; an acid-solution circulation device configured to circulate the acid solution between the pickling tank and the circulation tank; a control device configured to withdraw the steel strip from the acid solution; and a guide plate disposed in the pickling tank and configured to guide the acid solution circulated in the pickling tank by the acid-solution circulation device to the heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2017Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD.Inventors: Ryusuke Nakatsuka, Kosei Tsuji, Hideaki Suemori, Koichi Nakamura
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Publication number: 20210002774Abstract: A pickling facility includes: a pickling tank for storing an acid solution; a conveyance part for continuously conveying a steel plate immersed in the acid solution; a measurement part for measuring at least one parameter which has a correlation with a heat transfer coefficient between the acid solution and a reference surface disposed in the acid solution so as to face the steel plate; and a conveyance speed decision part configured to decide a conveyance speed of the steel plate conveyed by the conveyance part, on the basis of a measurement result of the at least one parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2018Publication date: January 7, 2021Applicant: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD.Inventors: Kosei TSUJI, Ryusuke NAKATSUKA, Masashi YOSHIKAWA, Shinji NANBA
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Patent number: 10711353Abstract: To prevent over-pickling of a steel strip during pickling pause, and shorten the time required to switch between pickling operation and pickling pause, a pickling device includes: a pickling tank for storing acid solution and for pickling a steel strip by allowing the steel strip to travel therethrough while the steel strip is immersed in the acid solution; a heat exchanger for heating the acid solution in the pickling tank; a circulation tank for storing the acid solution, provided separately from the pickling tank; an acid-solution circulation unit configured to circulate the acid solution between the pickling tank and the acid-solution storage tank; and a control device configured to control the acid-solution circulation device to maintain a liquid level of the acid solution in the pickling tank at a level below a traveling height of the steel strip.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2017Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD.Inventors: Ryusuke Nakatsuka, Kosei Tsuji, Hideaki Suemori, Koichi Nakamura
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Publication number: 20180312982Abstract: To prevent over-pickling of a steel strip during pickling pause, and shorten the time required to switch between pickling operation and pickling pause, a pickling device includes: a pickling tank for storing acid solution and for pickling a steel strip by allowing the steel strip to travel therethrough while the steel strip is immersed in the acid solution; a heat exchanger for heating the acid solution in the pickling tank; a circulation tank for storing the acid solution, provided separately from the pickling tank; an acid-solution circulation unit configured to circulate the acid solution between the pickling tank and the acid-solution storage tank; and a control device configured to control the acid-solution circulation device to maintain a liquid level of the acid solution in the pickling tank at a level below a traveling height of the steel strip.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2017Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD.Inventors: Ryusuke NAKATSUKA, Kosei TSUJI, Hideaki SUEMORI, Koichi NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20180258541Abstract: To prevent over-pickling during pickling pause, shorten the time required to switch between pickling operation and pickling pause, and heat acid solution efficiently, a pickling device includes: a pickling tank for storing acid solution and for pickling a steel strip by allowing the steel strip to travel therethrough while the steel strip is immersed in the acid solution; a heat exchanger for heating the acid solution in the pickling tank; a circulation tank for storing the acid solution, provided separately from the pickling tank; an acid-solution circulation device configured to circulate the acid solution between the pickling tank and the circulation tank; a control device configured to withdraw the steel strip from the acid solution; and a guide plate disposed in the pickling tank and configured to guide the acid solution circulated in the pickling tank by the acid-solution circulation device to the heat exchanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2017Publication date: September 13, 2018Applicant: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD.Inventors: Ryusuke NAKATSUKA, Kosei TSUJI, Hideaki SUEMORI, Koichi NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 9502940Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a connection terminal in which the number of parts is reduced and a contact failure hardly occurs. A connection terminal is conducted to a windings wound around tooth of a stator having a cylindrical shape. The connection terminal includes an insertion part that is inserted in a concave part formed in the stator of a motor and a connection part that extends from the insertion part. In the insertion part, a contact part that comes into contact with an end part of the winding when the insertion part is inserted in the concave part, is formed. The insertion part and the connection part are integrally formed.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2013Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kempei Yoshida, Kosei Tsuji
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Publication number: 20150333590Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a connection terminal in which the number of parts is reduced and a contact failure hardly occurs. A connection terminal is conducted to a windings wound around tooth of a stator having a cylindrical shape. The connection terminal includes an insertion part that is inserted in a concave part formed in the stator of a motor and a connection part that extends from the insertion part. In the insertion part, a contact part that comes into contact with an end part of the winding when the insertion part is inserted in the concave part, is formed. The insertion part and the connection part are integrally formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2013Publication date: November 19, 2015Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kempei YOSHIDA, Kosei TSUJI
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Patent number: 7986031Abstract: A primary molding product is formed by integrally forming a first lead frame and a second lead frame with a primary molding resin portion. In addition, in order to prevent separation of the first lead frame and the second lead frame from the primary molding resin portion, a hook-and-hold portion for preventing separation of the first lead frame from the primary molding resin portion and separation of the second lead frame from the primary molding resin portion is provided on an outer surface of each of the first lead frame and the second lead frame. Thus, a resin molding part capable of achieving suppression of increase in a thickness thereof without deformation or displacement of a lead frame and a manufacturing method thereof can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2009Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Mitsuaki Nakata, Tomonori Abe, Kosei Tsuji, Yuhei Awano, Kazuhiko Yamashita, Hideo Iinuma, Iwao Katsuno, Takayuki Inuzuka, Akihiro Fujita
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Publication number: 20090206457Abstract: A primary molding product is formed by integrally forming a first lead frame and a second lead frame with a primary molding resin portion. In addition, in order to prevent separation of the first lead frame and the second lead frame from the primary molding resin portion, a hook-and-hold portion for preventing separation of the first lead frame from the primary molding resin portion and separation of the second lead frame from the primary molding resin portion is provided on an outer surface of each of the first lead frame and the second lead frame. Thus, a resin molding part capable of achieving suppression of increase in a thickness thereof without deformation or displacement of a lead frame and a manufacturing method thereof can be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2009Publication date: August 20, 2009Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuaki NAKATA, Tomonori Abe, Kosei Tsuji, Yuhei Awano, Kazuhiko Yamashita, Hideo Iinuma, Iwao Katsuno, Takayuki Inuzuka, Akihiro Fujita
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Patent number: 7554780Abstract: In an inverter system including of an electric-power converter and an ac rotating machine, over-voltage generated in the ac rotating machine is controlled by a low-cost system configuration. The system includes: an electric-power converter; a three-phase ac rotating machine; and a four-core non-coaxial cable, having a ground line and three-phase electric-power supplying lines, connecting the electric-power converter to the three-phase ac rotating machine. One or two capacitors are connected between the ground line and one or two of the electric-power supplying lines, at electric-power supplying terminals on the rotating machine, so that respective capacitances between the three-phase electric-power supplying lines and the ground line are approximately equal to each other.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2005Date of Patent: June 30, 2009Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kotaro Wada, Hirotaka Muto, Kosei Tsuji, Osamu Yashiro
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Publication number: 20060113951Abstract: In an inverter system including of an electric-power converter and an ac rotating machine, over-voltage generated in the ac rotating machine is controlled by a low-cost system configuration. The system includes: an electric-power converter; a three-phase ac rotating machine; and a four-core non-coaxial cable, having a ground line and three-phase electric-power supplying lines, connecting the electric-power converter to the three-phase ac rotating machine. One or two capacitors are connected between the ground line and one or two of the electric-power supplying lines, at electric-power supplying terminals on the rotating machine, so that respective capacitances between the three-phase electric-power supplying lines and the ground line are approximately equal to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2005Publication date: June 1, 2006Applicant: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kotaro Wada, Hirotaka Muto, Kosei Tsuji, Osamu Yashiro
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Patent number: 6351202Abstract: A stationary induction apparatus superior in insulating ability against a surge voltage includes a coil piece on a line end side surrounded by one electrostatic shield insulating layer. The coil piece and electrostatic shield insulating layer, together with another coil piece, are surrounded by another electrostatic shield insulating layer, thus forming a successively nested configuration. Each of the electrostatic shield insulating layers includes an electrical insulating layer of pressboard and first and second conductive layers respectively located on inner and outer surface sides of the electrical insulating layer, The capacitance of each of the electrostatic shield insulating layers is adjusted to control an electrical potential distribution upon application of a surge voltage.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2000Date of Patent: February 26, 2002Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Keiichi Ito, Kosei Tsuji, Taketoshi Hasegawa, Noboru Hosokawa, Kiyoyuki Ishikawa, Yasuo Toba, Yasuji Yoshizumi