Patents by Inventor Manabu Ota
Manabu Ota 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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Patent number: 10269524Abstract: The present invention provides a multiple fuse device that is compatible with various ratings and reduces an increase in manufacturing cost. A multiple fuse device includes an input terminal, an external terminal, a bus bar that includes a circuit portion disposed between the input terminal and the external terminal, and a housing that covers the bus bar. The external terminal includes an integral external terminal integrated with the circuit portion with a fusible portion interposed between the integral external terminal and the circuit portion, and a fuse-side external terminal that pairs up with a fuse connection terminal connected to the circuit portion. The fuse connection terminal and the fuse-side external terminal provided in a pair hold a fuse exteriorly in a removable manner, the fuse having a fusible portion connected between the fuse connection terminal and the fuse-side external terminal.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2017Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Pacific Engineering CorporationInventors: Fumiyuki Kawase, Manabu Ota
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Publication number: 20190067964Abstract: The present invention provides a multiple fuse device capable of charging a battery with a configuration simpler than the conventional art, and a method for charging a battery using the multiple fuse device. A multiple fuse device 400 includes a bus bar 100 including an input terminal 110, a plurality of external terminals 120, and fusible portions 113 provided between the input terminal 110 and the external terminals 120, and a housing 200 configured to cover the bus bar 100, wherein an opening 230 is provided in a part of the housing 200, and part of the bus bar 100 is exposed through the opening 230 in a state where the multiple fuse device 400 is mounted in a fuse box 700.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Fumiyuki Kawase, Manabu Ota
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Publication number: 20180019085Abstract: The present invention provides a multiple fuse device that is compatible with various ratings and reduces an increase in manufacturing cost. A multiple fuse device includes an input terminal, an external terminal, a bus bar that includes a circuit portion disposed between the input terminal and the external terminal, and a housing that covers the bus bar. The external terminal includes an integral external terminal integrated with the circuit portion with a fusible portion interposed between the integral external terminal and the circuit portion, and a fuse-side external terminal that pairs up with a fuse connection terminal connected to the circuit portion. The fuse connection terminal and the fuse-side external terminal provided in a pair hold a fuse exteriorly in a removable manner, the fuse having a fusible portion connected between the fuse connection terminal and the fuse-side external terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2017Publication date: January 18, 2018Inventors: Fumiyuki KAWASE, Manabu OTA
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Patent number: 9454836Abstract: In an object display device, a pattern extraction unit extracts a region where an object is easily visually recognized when the object is overlaid and displayed in an image in real space, from the image in real space, based on information about the size and color of the object and information about the color of the image in real space that are acquired by an image analysis unit, and a display position correction unit corrects the display position of the object to this region. This facilitates visual recognition of the object and enhances various effects, such as informativeness, brought about by the displaying of the object in the image in real space.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2011Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Yasuo Morinaga, Manabu Ota
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Patent number: 9305399Abstract: An object display device includes an image capturing unit for acquiring an image in real space, an image feature extraction unit for extracting a predetermined feature about an image either in a plurality of feature regions detected from the image in real space or in the entire image in real space, an image processing unit for performing correction processing on an image of an object based on the predetermined feature about the image, and a display unit for displaying an overlaid image in which the image of the object subjected to correction processing is overlaid on the image in real space. With this configuration, the feature of the image in real space is appropriately reflected in the image of the object in the overlaid image.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2012Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Yasuo Morinaga, Manabu Ota
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Patent number: 9223468Abstract: A display apparatus communicatively connected to a distribution apparatus. The display apparatus storing one or more information contents of external information distributed from the distribution apparatus and/or internal information of the display apparatus, an icon associated with each of the information contents, a placement area for placing the icon, and one or more templates having one or more placement areas for placing icons; determining which of the information contents and the icons are to be displayed; selecting a template where the determined information contents and icons are displayable; and generating and displaying an image to be displayed by embedding the determined icon in a placement area of the selected template corresponding to a placement area associated with the determined icon.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2012Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Manabu Ota, Yasuo Morinaga, Masakatsu Tsukamoto
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Patent number: 9171388Abstract: In an object display device, in the case that a marker is not detected at present, a display complementing unit acquires a change in an image in real space displayed on a display unit between the past when the marker was detected and the present. Since a virtual object is displayed based on the position and shape of the marker in the image in real space, the display position and display manner of the virtual object are also to be changed in accordance with a change in the image in real space. A display decision unit can therefore decide the display position and display manner of the virtual object at present from the display position and display manner of the virtual object in the past, based on the change in the image in real space between the past and the present.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2011Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Yasuo Morinaga, Manabu Ota
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Patent number: 9172767Abstract: A data distribution server, a mobile terminal, and a data distribution method perform distribution of data in consideration of memory capacity. In a mobile terminal, an amount-of-space arithmetic unit carries out an arithmetic operation for an amount of space and a possible amount of space of an object storage unit. Then, in an object distribution server, object data is selected based on the amount of space or the like, and a distribution list is generated and transmitted to the mobile terminal. In the mobile terminal, deletion of object data determined as deletable is performed in order to acquire object data in the distribution list. Acquisition of the object data is then performed.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2011Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Yasuo Morinaga, Manabu Ota
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Patent number: 9154742Abstract: In a terminal location specifying system, landmark information of a landmark located within a specified distance from an approximate position is retrieved based on approximate position information of a mobile terminal, and the retrieved landmark information is transmitted to the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal can thereby acquire the landmark information about the landmark located in the vicinity of the mobile terminal. Further, because the landmark information pre-stored in a server is transmitted to the mobile terminal, it is possible to reliably specify the position of the mobile terminal based on the landmark image. Then, the photographing position of the image is analyzed based on the landmark image, and the photographing position is managed as the located position of the mobile terminal and used for position correction, and it is thus possible to accurately specify the position of the mobile terminal.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2011Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Manabu Ota, Yasuo Morinaga
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Patent number: 9153202Abstract: An object display device includes: an image acquisition unit for acquiring an image in real space; a shade computation unit for acquiring shade information indicating an appearance position of a shadow in real space; an image processing unit for correcting the image in real space or an image of a marker stored in advance, so as to eliminate the effects of a shadow, based on the shade information; a marker sensing unit for extracting the marker from the image in real space using the image in real space and the image of the marker at least one of which is corrected; and a display unit for overlaying a virtual object associated with the marker on the image in real space.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2012Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Yasuo Morinaga, Manabu Ota
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Patent number: 9146636Abstract: A mobile information terminal that can acquire an optimum placement area for a controllable object, regardless of variability in user's gripping features among individuals. A pressure sensor array acquires a gripping pressure distribution; a gripping pressure logger records time-series changes in gripping pressure at each pressure sensor forming the pressure sensor array; a gripping pressure change point detection unit includes a gripping pressure change amount calculation section that acquires time-series changes in gripping pressure at each pressure sensor and determines whether the change in gripping pressure per unit time exceeds a predetermined value at any pressure sensor; and a placement area acquisition section specifies, when the change in gripping pressure per unit time exceeds the predetermined value at any pressure sensor, an optimum placement area for a controllable object with reference to a position where the change in gripping pressure per unit time exceeds the predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2012Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Yasuo Morinaga, Manabu Ota, Masakatsu Tsukamoto, Takeshi Higuchi
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Patent number: 9146637Abstract: A mobile information terminal to determine whether a user's operation state is one-handed operation or two-handed operation. The mobile information terminal includes a pressure sensor array that acquires a gripping pressure distribution; a gripping pressure logger that records time-series changes in gripping pressure at each pressure sensor forming the pressure sensor array; a gripping pressure change point detection unit that includes a gripping pressure change amount calculation section that acquires time-series changes in gripping pressure at each pressure sensor and determines whether the amount of change in gripping pressure per unit time exceeds a predetermined value at any pressure sensor; and an operation state determination section that determines the operation state of the user of the mobile information terminal is one-handed operation when the amount of change in gripping pressure per unit time exceeds the predetermined value at any pressure sensor.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2012Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Yasuo Morinaga, Masakatsu Tsukamoto, Manabu Ota, Takeshi Higuchi
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Patent number: 9117067Abstract: A mobile information terminal includes a mode acquisition section adapted to acquire the mode of the mobile information terminal; a sample filling section adapted to, when the number of gripping feature samples acquired in a mode is insufficient, fill in lacking gripping feature samples with gripping feature samples acquired in another mode; a gripping-feature sample acquisition section adapted to acquire gripping feature samples; a switch adapted to switch the mobile information terminal between a learning state and an authentication state; a template learning section adapted to learn an authentication template in each mode using the gripping feature samples when the mobile information terminal is in the learning state; an authentication section adapted to compare the learned authentication template with gripping feature samples in each mode to perform authentication; and a locking section adapted to lock some or all of functions of the mobile information terminal when the authentication fails.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2012Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INCInventors: Manabu Ota, Masakatsu Tsukamoto, Yasuo Morinaga, Takeshi Higuchi
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Patent number: 9032511Abstract: A mobile information terminal including a gripping-feature sample acquisition unit to acquire a gripping-feature sample, one or more environmental sensors outputting an environmental signal, a terminal status detector to acquire the environmental signal and detect a terminal status, a template selection unit to select a user authentication template fitting the detected terminal status, a user authentication unit collating the acquired gripping-feature sample with the selected user authentication template and outputting a user authentication result, a user authenticity level monitor that outputs a sensor power source OFF signal when the user authenticity level exceeds a threshold value and outputs a sensor power source ON signal when the user authenticity level falls below the threshold value, and a power source control unit halting energization to a sensor when acquiring the sensor power source OFF signal, and energizing a sensor when acquiring the sensor power source ON signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2012Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Yasuo Morinaga, Masakatsu Tsukamoto, Manabu Ota, Takeshi Higuchi
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Patent number: 8996577Abstract: In an object information provision system, at least one matching data is transmitted from an object information provision device to a terminal, and a result of image analysis based on the matching data is transmitted from the terminal to the object information provision device, and the amount of information of matching data is adjusted based on the image processing result. The success or failure of extraction of a valid physical object represented by the matching data in the terminal is thereby reflected on the amount of information of matching data.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2012Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Manabu Ota, Yasuo Morinaga
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Publication number: 20140139552Abstract: An object display device includes an image capturing unit for acquiring an image in real space, an image feature extraction unit for extracting a predetermined feature about an image either in a plurality of feature regions detected from the image in real space or in the entire image in real space, an image processing unit for performing correction processing on an image of an object based on the predetermined feature about the image, and a display unit for displaying an overlaid image in which the image of the object subjected to correction processing is overlaid on the image in real space. With this configuration, the feature of the image in real space is appropriately reflected in the image of the object in the overlaid image.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2012Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, Inc.Inventors: Yasuo Morinaga, Manabu Ota
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Patent number: 8667071Abstract: An object of the present invention is suppressing a mail transmission loop between the communication terminals.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2010Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Yasuo Morinaga, Manabu Ota, Mitsuru Murata
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Publication number: 20140028604Abstract: A mobile information terminal to determine whether a user's operation state is one-handed operation or two-handed operation. The mobile information terminal includes a pressure sensor array that acquires a gripping pressure distribution; a gripping pressure logger that records time-series changes in gripping pressure at each pressure sensor forming the pressure sensor array; a gripping pressure change point detection unit that includes a gripping pressure change amount calculation section that acquires time-series changes in gripping pressure at each pressure sensor and determines whether the amount of change in gripping pressure per unit time exceeds a predetermined value at any pressure sensor; and an operation state determination section that determines the operation state of the user of the mobile information terminal is one-handed operation when the amount of change in gripping pressure per unit time exceeds the predetermined value at any pressure sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2012Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Yasuo Morinaga, Masakatsu Tsukamoto, Manabu Ota, Takeshi Higuchi
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Publication number: 20140028602Abstract: A mobile information terminal that can acquire an optimum placement area for a controllable object, regardless of variability in user's gripping features among individuals. A pressure sensor array acquires a gripping pressure distribution; a gripping pressure logger records time-series changes in gripping pressure at each pressure sensor forming the pressure sensor array; a gripping pressure change point detection unit includes a gripping pressure change amount calculation section that acquires time-series changes in gripping pressure at each pressure sensor and determines whether the change in gripping pressure per unit time exceeds a predetermined value at any pressure sensor; and a placement area acquisition section specifies, when the change in gripping pressure per unit time exceeds the predetermined value at any pressure sensor, an optimum placement area for a controllable object with reference to a position where the change in gripping pressure per unit time exceeds the predetermined value.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2012Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Yasuo Morinaga, Manabu Ota, Masakatsu Tsukamoto, Takeshi Higuchi
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Publication number: 20140007227Abstract: A mobile information terminal including a gripping-feature sample acquisition unit to acquire a gripping-feature sample, one or more environmental sensors outputting an environmental signal, a terminal status detector to acquire the environmental signal and detect a terminal status, a template selection unit to select a user authentication template fitting the detected terminal status, a user authentication unit collating the acquired gripping-feature sample with the selected user authentication template and outputting a user authentication result, a user authenticity level monitor that outputs a sensor power source OFF signal when the user authenticity level exceeds a threshold value and outputs a sensor power source ON signal when the user authenticity level falls below the threshold value, and a power source control unit halting energization to a sensor when acquiring the sensor power source OFF signal, and energizing a sensor when acquiring the sensor power source ON signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Yasuo Morinaga, Masakatsu Tsukamoto, Manabu Ota, Takeshi Higuchi