Patents by Inventor Kosuke Kimura
Kosuke Kimura 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: 20250187842Abstract: A transport facility includes a transport vehicle that transports a transport article, a movement path along which the transport vehicle moves, a movable object movable separately from the transport vehicle, and a movable object controller that controls the movable object. The movable object includes an information obtainer that obtains path state information indicating a state of the movement path. The movable object obtains the path state information with the information obtainer while moving along the movement path. The movable object controller performs, based on the path state information obtained by the information obtainer, a map generating process of generating map data of the movement path.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2024Publication date: June 12, 2025Inventors: Daisuke Ogawa, Hiroshi Otsuka, Tadashi Nishikawa, Kenshin Hashiguchi, Yuya Hirao, Daichi Tomida, Kosuke Kimura
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Publication number: 20250187843Abstract: A transport facility includes a transport vehicle that transports a transport article along a movement path, a movable object including a communication device that performs wireless communication with the transport vehicle being within a communication range and being movable separately from the transport vehicle, and a movable object controller that controls the movable object. The movable object controller causes, in response to determining that the transport vehicle is faulty, the movable object to be within the communication range of the transport vehicle and causes the communication device to transmit, to the transport vehicle, a recovery command for recovery of the transport vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2024Publication date: June 12, 2025Inventors: Daisuke Ogawa, Hiroshi Otsuka, Tadashi Nishikawa, Kenshin Hashiguchi, Yuya Hirao, Daichi Tomida, Kosuke Kimura
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Publication number: 20250187831Abstract: A transport facility includes a transport vehicle that transports a transport article along a movement path, a wireless communicator that performs wireless communication with the transport vehicle, and a movable object movable separately from the transport vehicle. The movable object includes an information collector that collects communication state information indicating a state of wireless communication between the transport vehicle and the wireless communicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2024Publication date: June 12, 2025Inventors: Daisuke Ogawa, Hiroshi Otsuka, Tadashi Nishikawa, Kenshin Hashiguchi, Yuya Hirao, Daichi Tomida, Kosuke Kimura
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Publication number: 20250123505Abstract: An optical semiconductor device according to the disclosure includes a first cladding layer, a quantum well active layer provided on the first cladding layer, a second cladding layer provided on the quantum well active layer and having a conductive type different from a conductive type of the first cladding layer, a heater electrode provided on the second cladding layer, a bias control circuitry configured to heat the quantum well active layer by applying bias to the heater electrode to adjust a phase of light propagating through the quantum well active layer, and a reverse bias control circuitry configured to apply reverse bias to the quantum well active layer to adjust an amplitude of the light propagating through the quantum well active layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2021Publication date: April 17, 2025Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kosuke KIMURA, Takashi NAGIRA
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Publication number: 20250029492Abstract: A transport facility includes a monitoring system. The monitoring system includes a travel data obtainer, a connection data obtainer, a display, and a controller. The travel data obtainer obtains travel data including position information and time information in a manner associated with each other. The position information indicates a position of a transport vehicle. The connection data obtainer obtains connection data including connection destination information and the time information in a manner associated with each other. The connection destination information indicates a relationship between a vehicle communicator and a destination wireless transmitter-receiver to which the vehicle communicator is connected. The controller performs a display process of causing the display to display connection information based on the travel data and the connection data.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2024Publication date: January 23, 2025Inventors: Daisuke Ogawa, Yuya Hirao, Tatsuki Ii, Tomoaki Nishikawa, Kouji Ueba, Kosuke Sakamoto, Kosuke Kimura
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Publication number: 20240383689Abstract: An article transport facility includes a transport vehicle. The transport vehicle is configured to switch an access point of a connection destination while moving along a path to maintain a communicable state with a control device. In a case in which a communication intensity of radio waves between the transport vehicle and the access point is lower than a predetermined switching threshold value, the transport vehicle performs switching processing of switching the connection destination to another access point having a stronger communication intensity. The switching threshold value is set to different values in accordance with a movement condition of the transport vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2024Publication date: November 21, 2024Inventors: Kosuke Kimura, Daisuke Ogawa, Yuya Hirao
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Patent number: 12111431Abstract: An object is to provide intensity information and energy information while reducing processing load and power consumption. In a radiation detector, a radiation detection element, in which a plurality of pixels each configured to generate an electric charge corresponding to energy of X-rays penetrating a subject is two-dimensionally arranged, and a plurality of read circuits each configured to output an intensity signal of transmitted X-rays based on the electric charge generated by each of the plurality of pixels are stacked with each other, and some read circuits thinned out from a plurality of read circuits each generate a spectral signal related to a spectrum of a transmitted X-ray based on the electric charge and output the spectral signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignees: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY, ANSEEN INC.Inventors: Toru Aoki, Katsuyuki Takagi, Kosuke Kimura, Akifumi Koike
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Publication number: 20230341571Abstract: An object is to provide intensity information and energy information while reducing processing load and power consumption. In a radiation detector, a radiation detection element, in which a plurality of pixels each configured to generate an electric charge corresponding to energy of X-rays penetrating a subject is two-dimensionally arranged, and a plurality of read circuits each configured to output an intensity signal of transmitted X-rays based on the electric charge generated by each of the plurality of pixels are stacked with each other, and some read circuits thinned out from a plurality of read circuits each generate a spectral signal related to a spectrum of a transmitted X-ray based on the electric charge and output the spectral signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2020Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Toru AOKI, Katsuyuki TAKAGI, Kosuke KIMURA, Akifumi KOIKE
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Publication number: 20230203371Abstract: The present invention relates to a ceramic phosphor plate including: a ceramic substrate having a light incident surface and a light emitting surface facing the light incident surface; and an antireflection film formed at least on the light emitting surface, in which the light emitting surface of the ceramic substrate has an uneven shape including a concave portion and a convex portion, the light emitting surface has an arithmetic mean roughness (Ra) of 0.1 ?m or more and 0.7 ?m or less, and a Kurtosis (Rku) obtained from a surface roughness curve of 5 or more and 10 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Kosuke KIMURA, Masaki IRIE
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Patent number: 11062876Abstract: An evaluation method for an electronic device provided with an insulating film between a pair of electrode layers includes preparing a sample that has a tunnel barrier insulating film as the insulating film; irradiating the sample with electron beams from a plurality of angles to acquire a plurality of images; and performing image processing using the plurality of images to reconstruct a stereoscopic image and generate a cross-sectional image of the sample from the stereoscopic image.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: TOHOKU UNIVERSITYInventors: Masaaki Niwa, Tetsuo Endoh, Shoji Ikeda, Kosuke Kimura
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Patent number: 10928673Abstract: A front member having a hue with higher reflectivity is disposed in a support recess of a front support body having a hue with lower reflectivity. A bottom portion of the support recess has rib-shaped boundary portions that separate openings that light emitting elements face. The front member includes front facing portions that cover the front sides of the boundary portions and front openings that face the front sides of the light emitting elements. Light emitted from the light emitting elements is reflected by an inner surface of the front member and surfaces of the front facing portions, which have a hue with higher reflectivity, and is provided to a transmissive display portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Kosuke Kimura, Hideto Katsunuma, Yukio Hasu
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Patent number: 10913993Abstract: A steel for a high-strength bolt that includes from 0.50 mass % to 0.65 mass % carbon, from 1.5 mass % to 2.5 mass % silicon, 1.0 mass % or more chromium, 0.4 mass % or less manganese, greater than 1.5 mass % molybdenum, 0.03 mass % or less phosphorus and sulfur combined, and balance iron and inevitable impurities.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2015Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Hamada, Tsuyoshi Nakamura, Kosuke Kimura
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Publication number: 20200159070Abstract: A front member having a hue with higher reflectivity is disposed in a support recess of a front support body having a hue with lower reflectivity. A bottom portion of the support recess has rib-shaped boundary portions that separate openings that light emitting elements face. The front member includes front facing portions that cover the front sides of the boundary portions and front openings that face the front sides of the light emitting elements. Light emitted from the light emitting elements is reflected by an inner surface of the front member and surfaces of the front facing portions, which have a hue with higher reflectivity, and is provided to a transmissive display portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Kosuke Kimura, Hideto Katsunuma, Yukio Hasu
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Publication number: 20190304741Abstract: An evaluation method for an electronic device provided with an insulating film between a pair of electrode layers includes preparing a sample that has a tunnel barrier insulating film as the insulating film; irradiating the sample with electron beams from a plurality of angles to acquire a plurality of images; and performing image processing using the plurality of images to reconstruct a stereoscopic image and generate a cross-sectional image of the sample from the stereoscopic image.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Masaaki Niwa, Tetsuo Endoh, Shoji Ikeda, Kosuke Kimura
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Patent number: 9986218Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes a creation unit to combine first section data in moving image data with other content data to create a composite moving image content, a reproduction unit to reproduce the moving image data, an operation reception unit to receive a predetermined operation input by a user during reproduction of the moving image data, and a control unit to extract second section data including a reproduction position of the moving image data at a time when the predetermined operation input is received and control the creation unit so that the creation unit changes the first section data in the composite moving image content into the second section data, the second section data being different from the first section data.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2009Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kuniichiro Naruse, Hisashi Hosaka, Mitsuo Okumura, Yukiko Akiyama, Kosuke Kimura, Kazuma Igari
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Publication number: 20170283921Abstract: Steel for a high-strength bolt contains: from 0.50 mass % to 0.65 mass % carbon, from 1.5 mass % to 2.5 mass % silicon, 1.0 mass % or more chromium, 0.4 mass % or less manganese, greater than 1.5 mass % molybdenum, 0.03 mass % or less phosphorus and sulfur combined, and balance iron and inevitable impurities. A high-strength bolt is formed using steel for a high-strength bolt that contains: from 0.50 mass % to 0.65 mass % carbon, from 1.5 mass % to 2.5 mass % silicon, 1.0 mass % or more chromium, 0.4 mass % or less manganese, greater than 1.5 mass % molybdenum, 0.03 mass % or less phosphorus and sulfur combined, and balance iron and inevitable impurities.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2015Publication date: October 5, 2017Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro HAMADA, Tsuyoshi NAKAMURA, Kosuke KIMURA
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Publication number: 20160097113Abstract: The present invention relates to a high-strength spring steel having excellent wire-rod rolling properties, consisting essentially of, in terms of mass %: C: 0.40% to 0.65%; Si: 1.20% to 2.80%; Mn: 0.30% to 1.20%; P: 0.020% or less; S: 0.020% or less; Cu: 0.40% or less; Ni: 0.80% or less; Cr: 0.70% or less; Ti: 0.060% to 0.140%; Al: 0.10% or less; N: 0.010% or less; and O: 0.0015% or less, and optionally: B: 0.0005% to 0.0050%, with the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities, in which the contents in terms of mass % of the specified chemical components satisfy the following Expressions (1) to (3): X1=0.14×[Si]?0.11×[Mn]?0.05×[Cu]?0.11×[Ni]?0.03×[Cr]+0.02?0.2 ??Expression (1) X2=(??500)/??3.0 ??Expression (2) ?=912?231×[C]+32×[Si]?20×[Mn]?40×[Cu]?18×[Ni]?15×[Cr] ?=10?(0.322?0.538×[C]+0.018×[Si]+1.294×[Mn]+0.693×[Cu]+0.609×[Ni]+0.847×[Cr]) X3=31×[C]+2.3×[Si]+2.3×[Mn]+1.25×[Cu]+2.68×[Ni]+3.57×[Cr]?6×[Ti]?24.0 ??Expression (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2015Publication date: April 7, 2016Applicant: DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD.Inventors: Kosuke KIMURA, Ryosuke OHASHI, Ryohei ISHIKURA
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Patent number: 8300972Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: an extraction section extracting a subject area having a predetermined feature in an image; a first calculation section calculating a first blur degree indicating a blur degree of the extracted subject area; a second calculation section calculating, when the number of subject areas from which the first blur degree is calculated is one, a second blur degree indicating a blur degree of the entire image based on the first blur degree, and calculating, when the number of subject areas from which the first blur degree is calculated is plural, the second blur degree based on a value obtained by performing weighted averaging on the plural first blur degrees in accordance with dimensions of the plural subject areas; and a sorting section sorting an image having the calculated second blur degree equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value, as a blur image, from plural images.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2010Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hisashi Hosaka, Kosuke Kimura, Kuniichiro Naruse, Kazuma Igari, Sadamichi Bamba, Yukiko Akiyama, Mitsuo Okumura, Akira Kikuchi, Hidefumi Kashima
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Patent number: 8238667Abstract: A moving image creating apparatus includes a memory that stores a plurality of template files each of which holds a plurality of component templates each for accommodating an image. An input device that selects any one of the template files stored in the memory. A processing unit analyzes metadata about each of a plurality of images. The processing unit analyzes metadata about each of the component templates in the selected template file. Further, the processing unit places the images into the component templates of the selected template file in accordance with the analyzed metadata about the images and the analyzed metadata about the component templates and places one of the images into one of the component templates of the selected template file, in response to a determination that none of the metadata about each of the images matches the analyzed metadata about the one of the component templates.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2008Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hisashi Hosaka, Kosuke Kimura, Kuniichiro Naruse, Mitsuo Okumura, Yukiko Sakata, Shinji Kimura, Sadamichi Bamba
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Publication number: 20110116726Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: an extraction section extracting a subject area having a predetermined feature in an image; a first calculation section calculating a first blur degree indicating a blur degree of the extracted subject area; a second calculation section calculating, when the number of subject areas from which the first blur degree is calculated is one, a second blur degree indicating a blur degree of the entire image based on the first blur degree, and calculating, when the number of subject areas from which the first blur degree is calculated is plural, the second blur degree based on a value obtained by performing weighted averaging on the plural first blur degrees in accordance with dimensions of the plural subject areas; and a sorting section sorting an image having the calculated second blur degree equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value, as a blur image, from plural images.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2010Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Hisashi HOSAKA, Kosuke Kimura, Kuniichiro Naruse, Kazuma Igari, Sadamichi Bamba, Yukiko Akiyama, Mitsuo Okumura, Akira Kikuchi, Hidefumi Kashima