Patents by Inventor Masahiko Nakamura

Masahiko Nakamura 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: 20250130160
    Abstract: To provide a microparticle sorting device for optimizing an emulsion generation condition and a microparticle sorting condition. The present technology provides the microparticle sorting device including: a particle detection unit that detects microparticles in a first liquid flowing through a main flow path; a collection flow path that collects an emulsion in which a sorting-target microparticle among the microparticles and the first liquid are contained in a second liquid immiscible with the first liquid; an emulsion detection unit that detects light from the emulsion collected and/or microparticles contained in the emulsion by using different optical detection systems; and a control unit that controls collection of the emulsion into the collection flow path on the basis of information detected by the emulsion detection unit. Furthermore, the present technology also provides a microparticle sorting method in the microparticle sorting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: MASAHIKO NAKAMURA, MASAHIRO MATSUMOTO, TATSUMI ITO
  • Publication number: 20240367611
    Abstract: A vehicle information processing device, for application to a vehicle configured to perform all driving operations under a fixed condition, the device includes; a terminal identification section configured to identify a portable terminal corresponding to authentication information authenticated by an authentication device provided at the vehicle; a driver's terminal setting section configured to set a driver's terminal used by a driver, based on information received from the identified portable terminal; and a notification section configured to notify the driver's terminal in a case in which a predetermined condition is satisfied in an autonomous driving state in which all driving operations are performed by the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi FUJITA, Jun TOHYAMA, Daisuke AKAHO, Yuta MANIWA, Natsumi IZAWA, Shunichiroh SAWAI, Masahiko NAKAMURA, Kenichiro AOKI
  • Publication number: 20240367669
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes at least one processor, the processor being configured to: in a vehicle configured to enable autonomous travel control that permits a driver to behave in a manner in which it is not possible to check surroundings of the vehicle, determine whether or not a portable terminal configured to receive notification of vehicle information is present inside a vehicle cabin before the autonomous travel control is executed; and in a case in which it has been determined that the portable terminal is not present inside the vehicle cabin, provide notification, via an onboard unit, that notification of the vehicle information cannot be provided from the portable terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi FUJITA, Jun TOHYAMA, Daisuke AKAHO, Yuta MANIWA, Natsumi IZAWA, Shunichiroh SAWAI, Masahiko NAKAMURA, Kenichiro AOKI
  • Publication number: 20240367582
    Abstract: A control device includes a first processor. The first processor is configured to provide notification of a warning during autonomous driving to a first display unit of an onboard terminal installed in a vehicle; provide notification of the warning to a second display unit at a portable terminal carried by a vehicle occupant, via a second processor at the portable terminal; and in a case in which a predetermined condition has been satisfied, disable notification of the warning to the portable terminal and provide notification of the warning to the onboard terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi FUJITA, Jun TOHYAMA, Daisuke AKAHO, Yuta MANIWA, Natsumi IZAWA, Shunichiroh SAWAI, Masahiko NAKAMURA, Kenichiro AOKI
  • Publication number: 20240372942
    Abstract: A notification system includes a mobile terminal configured to receive, and to perform notification of, notification information regarding a vehicle, and a vehicle control device that is configured to generate the notification information for a driver of the vehicle, and to transmit the notification information to the mobile terminal, in which the vehicle control device includes one or more processors configured to perform control in which notification of the notification information is made to the mobile terminal, while varying a range of the mobile terminal that is controllable by the driver until a predetermined condition is satisfied, in accordance with an urgency of the notification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta MANIWA, Koichi Fujita, Jun Tohyama, Daisuke Akaho, Natsumi Izawa, Shunichiroh Sawai, Masahiko Nakamura, Kenichiro Aoki
  • Publication number: 20240367667
    Abstract: A notification system includes a mobile terminal and a processor. The mobile terminal receives notification information for a driver of a vehicle and notifies the driver of the notification information. The processor generates the notification information and transmits the notification information to the mobile terminal. The processor causes the mobile terminal to notify the driver of the notification information until an ending condition for ending notification is satisfied. The processor changes the ending condition depending on urgency of the notification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta MANIWA, Koichi FUJITA, Jun TOHYAMA, Daisuke AKAHO, Natsumi IZAWA, Shunichiroh SAWAI, Masahiko NAKAMURA, Kenichiro AOKI
  • Publication number: 20240367673
    Abstract: A vehicle notification system according to a first aspect includes: a terminal installation portion that is provided at a periphery of a driver's seat of a vehicle capable of autonomous driving in which all driving operations are performed under certain conditions, and that is configured such that a portable terminal can be installed at the terminal installation portion; and a control section that is configured to permit the autonomous driving in a case in which a portable terminal is detected as being installed at the terminal installation portion, and is configured to notify the portable terminal in a case in which a predetermined condition in an autonomous driving state is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi FUJITA, Jun TOHYAMA, Daisuki AKAHO, Yuta MANIWA, Natsumi IZAWA, Shunichiroh SAWAI, Masahiko NAKAMURA, Kenichiro AOKI
  • Patent number: 11967577
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a semiconductor device including a conductive member that has a main surface facing in a thickness direction, a semiconductor element that has a plurality of pads facing the main surface, a plurality of electrodes that are individually formed with respect to the plurality of pads and protrude from the plurality of pads toward the main surface, and a bonding layer for electrically bonding the main surface to the plurality of electrodes. The bonding layer includes a first region having conductivity and a second region having electrical insulation. The first region includes a metal portion. At least a part of the second region includes a resin portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: ROHM Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Yosui Futamura, Yuto Nishiyama, Masahiko Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11788944
    Abstract: To provide a technique that enables the risk of contamination to be reduced. Provided is a microparticle measuring apparatus including at least: a relay unit that enables a flow path through which microparticles flow and a cleaning fluid storage unit to communicate with each other; a sheath fluid tube that causes the flow path and a sheath fluid storage unit to communicate with each other; and a cleaning fluid tube that causes the relay unit and the cleaning fluid storage unit to communicate with each other, in which the relay unit includes a first connector that can be connected to a joint portion on the sheath fluid storage unit side of the sheath fluid tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Saito, Shingo Mouri, Masahiko Nakamura, Hidetaka Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20230273108
    Abstract: To provide a technique capable of stably forming droplets. There is provided a microparticle sorting device and the like including: an imaging element configured to acquire an image of fluid and a droplet at a position where liquid discharged from an orifice that generates a stream of the fluid is converted into a droplet; and a processing unit configured to determine a harmonic superposition amplitude ratio, a harmonic phase difference, and a superimposed wave voltage on the basis of states of a satellite droplet and a break-off point in the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: SHIN MASUHARA, MASAHIKO NAKAMURA, MASAHIDE FURUKAWA
  • Patent number: 11718574
    Abstract: The present invention is a solvent composition including: a solvent including 1-chloro-2,3,3-trifluoro-1-propene; and at least one type of stabilizer selected from a group consisting of phenols, ethers, epoxides, amines, alcohols, and hydrocarbons, and is a solvent composition which is excellent in solubility of various organic substances and has no adverse effect on a global environment, and is excellent in stability, and this solvent composition can be used for a wide range of industrial uses such as cleaning, coating uses, and a heat transfer fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Mitsuoka, Toshio Miki, Masahiko Nakamura, Mari Ichinokawa, Hidekazu Okamoto, Atsushi Fujimori
  • Publication number: 20230094354
    Abstract: An electronic device which can suppress peeling off and damaging of the bonding material is provided. The electronic device includes an electronic component, a mounting portion, and a bonding material. The electronic component has an element front surface and an element back surface separated in the z-direction. The mounting portion has a mounting surface opposed to the element back surface on which the electronic component is mounted. The bonding material bonds the electronic component to the mounting portion. The bonding material includes a base portion and a fillet portion. The base portion is held between the electronic component and the mounting portion in the z-direction. The fillet portion is connected to the base portion and is formed outside the electronic component when seen in the z-direction. The electronic component includes two element lateral surface and ridges. The ridges are intersections of the two element lateral surface and extend in the z-direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Yosui FUTAMURA, Masahiko NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230037700
    Abstract: A dielectric, including a halogenated olefin having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms, and having a water content of 6000 ppm or less in terms of mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki HAYAMIZU, Tamaki CHINSOGA, Masato FUKUSHIMA, Masahiko NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 11521917
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a chip that includes a mounting surface, a non-mounting surface, and a side wall connecting the mounting surface and the non-mounting surface and has an eaves portion protruding further outward than the mounting surface at the side wall and a metal layer that covers the mounting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yosui Futamura, Masahiko Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11440862
    Abstract: There are provided a solvent composition which is excellent in solubility of various organic substances and excellent in detergency and a drying property, and has no adverse effect on a global environment and is excellent in stability; a cleaning method using the solvent composition; a method of forming a coating film; a heat transfer fluid including the solvent composition; and a heat cycle system using the heat transfer fluid. A solvent composition including 1-chloro-2,3,3-trifluoro-1-propene and 1-chloro-3,3-difluoro-1-propyne, a cleaning method of bringing the solvent composition and an article into contact with each other, a method of dissolving a nonvolatile organic compound in the solvent composition to produce a coating film-forming composition and evaporating the solvent composition after applying the coating film-forming composition on an article to be coated, to form a coating film, a heat transfer fluid including the solvent composition, and a heat cycle system using the heat transfer fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiko Nakamura, Hiroaki Mitsuoka, Mari Ichinokawa, Atsushi Fujimori, Hidekazu Okamoto
  • Patent number: 11427521
    Abstract: A cleaning method may include: bringing an article to be cleaned into contact with a liquid-phase solvent composition including 1-chloro-2,3,3-trifluoro-1-propene and 1-chloro-2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropane; and exposing the article to be cleaned to steam generated by evaporating the liquid-phase solvent composition. In the liquid-phase composition, a proportion of a content of 1-chloro-2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropane to a total of a content of 1-chloro-2,3,3-trifluoro-1-propene and a content of 1-chloro-2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropane may be 0.0001 to 1 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiko Nakamura, Hiroaki Mitsuoka, Mari Ichinokawa, Atsushi Fujimori, Hidekazu Okamoto
  • Patent number: 11401486
    Abstract: There is provided a solvent composition which is a stable solvent composition which is excellent in solubility of various organic substances, has a sufficient drying property, and has no adverse effect on a global environment, is stabilized not to decompose, and moreover suppresses metal corrosion under coexistence with metal, and which can be used without having an adverse effect on articles of various materials such as metal, plastic, and elastomer in a wide range of industrial uses such as cleaning and dilution coating uses. A solvent composition including: a solvent (A) including (D-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoro-1-propene; and a stabilizer (B) consisting of HCFC whose boiling point at normal pressure is not lower than 30° C. nor higher than 60° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiko Nakamura, Hidekazu Okamoto, Masaaki Tsuzaki, Hiroaki Mitsuoka, Satoko Itoh
  • Publication number: 20220202694
    Abstract: A gene expression promoter for skin beautification contains a fermented extract of aspergillus oryzae as an effective component. The gene expression promotor for skin beautification causes expression of at least one gene for skin beautification among BMP-2, TGFB1, CLDN7, HB-EGF, VEGF-A, LCE3D, and PPAR-D. The fermented extract of aspergillus oryzae is extracted using water after steamed rice as a raw material is fermented with aspergillus oryzae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: KOHSEI INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiko NAKAMURA, Daisuke MIYAI, Shouta KURIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220153666
    Abstract: The present invention is a solvent composition including: a solvent including 1-chloro-2,3,3-trifluoro-1-propene; and at least one type of stabilizer selected from a group consisting of phenols, ethers, epoxides, amines, alcohols, and hydrocarbons, and is a solvent composition which is excellent in solubility of various organic substances and has no adverse effect on a global environment, and is excellent in stability, and this solvent composition can be used for a wide range of industrial uses such as cleaning, coating uses, and a heat transfer fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroaki MITSUOKA, Toshio MIKI, Masahiko NAKAMURA, Mari ICHINOKAWA, Hidekazu OKAMOTO, Atsushi FUJIMORI
  • Publication number: 20220115347
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a semiconductor device including a conductive member that has a main surface facing in a thickness direction, a semiconductor element that has a plurality of pads facing the main surface, a plurality of electrodes that are individually formed with respect to the plurality of pads and protrude from the plurality of pads toward the main surface, and a bonding layer for electrically bonding the main surface to the plurality of electrodes. The bonding layer includes a first region having conductivity and a second region having electrical insulation. The first region includes a metal portion. At least a part of the second region includes a resin portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Yosui Futamura, Yuto Nishiyama, Masahiko Nakamura