Patents by Inventor Masahiro Hojo
Masahiro Hojo 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: 20230399544Abstract: Provided is a vulcanized rubber surface treatment agent that enables firm adhesion between vulcanized rubbers without heating and has little effect on rubber deterioration. The vulcanized rubber surface treatment agent is used for adhering vulcanized rubbers to each other, which is an aqueous solution of hypochlorous acid having a pH value of 2 or more and 7 or less and an effective chlorine concentration of 100 ppm or more and 13000 ppm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2021Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya OZAKI, Shinichiro SUGI, Masahiro HOJO
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Publication number: 20230272249Abstract: Provided is a thin film with good durability that is easy to handle during storage and use. The film contains, as a rubber component, at least a copolymer having a conjugated diene unit, a non-conjugated olefin unit, and an aromatic vinyl unit, and having a proportion of a butylene unit of 0 mol %, where a filler content is 15 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, no cross-linking agent is contained, and the thickness is 300 ?m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2021Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya OZAKI, Shinichiro SUGI, Masahiro HOJO
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Patent number: 11498306Abstract: A sound-absorbing panel to be used affixed to a jet engine of an aircraft, provided with: a resin core layer having a first surface, a second surface disposed on the side opposite from the first surface, and multiple partitions extending between the first surface and second surface so as to partition multiple cells; a resin first skin layer laminated on the first surface of the core layer; and a resin second skin layer laminated on the second surface of the core layer. The first skin layer is disposed so as to face the external space while in use, and has multiple through-holes for providing communication between internal spaces of the multiple cells and external space faced by the first skin layer. The core layer has openings for providing communication between the internal spaces of the multiple cells and external space of the core layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2018Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignees: IHI CORPORATION, JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY, GIFU PLASTIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsutomu Oishi, Masahiro Hojo, Shingo Shibagaki
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Patent number: 11396844Abstract: [Object] To provide a fan blade, an engine, and a structure with anti-icing and de-icing functions, which are capable of efficiently performing anti-icing or de-icing with a simple structure. [Solving Means] A fan blade 8 is disposed on an air inlet 4 side of a jet engine 1 of an aircraft. The fan blade 8 includes a fan blade main body 21 made of a carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP), and a pair of energizing units 31 and 32 that are provided on a leading edge 24 side and a trailing edge 25 side of a heating region 36 of the fan blade main body 21 and pass current through the fan blade main body 21. Voltage is applied between the pair of energizing units 31 and 32 and current passes through the fan blade main body 21 to heat the fan blade main body 21, thus performing anti-icing or de-icing.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2018Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyInventors: Takuya Mizuno, Masahiro Hojo, Masaya Suzuki
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Publication number: 20200386159Abstract: [Object] To provide a fan blade, an engine, and a structure with anti-icing and de-icing functions, which are capable of efficiently performing anti-icing or de-icing with a simple structure. [Solving Means] A fan blade 8 is disposed on an air inlet 4 side of a jet engine 1 of an aircraft. The fan blade 8 includes a fan blade main body 21 made of a carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP), and a pair of energizing units 31 and 32 that are provided on a leading edge 24 side and a trailing edge 25 side of a heating region 36 of the fan blade main body 21 and pass current through the fan blade main body 21. Voltage is applied between the pair of energizing units 31 and 32 and current passes through the fan blade main body 21 to heat the fan blade main body 21, thus performing anti-icing or de-icing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2018Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: Takuya MIZUNO, Masahiro HOJO, Masaya SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20200101690Abstract: A sound-absorbing panel to be used affixed to a jet engine of an aircraft, provided with: a resin core layer having a first surface, a second surface disposed on the side opposite from the first surface, and multiple partitions extending between the first surface and second surface so as to partition multiple cells; a resin first skin layer laminated on the first surface of the core layer; and a resin second skin layer laminated on the second surface of the core layer. The first skin layer is disposed so as to face the external space while in use, and has multiple through-holes for providing communication between internal spaces of the multiple cells and external space faced by the first skin layer. The core layer has openings for providing communication between the internal spaces of the multiple cells and external space of the core layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2018Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Tsutomu OISHI, Masahiro HOJO, Shingo SHIBAGAKI
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Publication number: 20190249684Abstract: A fan rotor blade comprises an outer covering member and a metal core body. The outer covering member is made of a composite material including a thermoplastic resin and reinforcing fibers. The outer covering member has a shape of a blade surface having a positive pressure surface and a negative pressure surface. The metal core body is arranged between the positive pressure surface and the negative pressure surface. The metal core body has a hollow structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2017Publication date: August 15, 2019Applicants: IHI Corporation, Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyInventors: Hiroshi KUROKI, Masahiro HOJO
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Patent number: 9854167Abstract: A frame skipping process suited to a scene is achieved by providing an encoder which encodes input image data, an encoding determination unit which compares image movement information with a threshold to determine whether or not encoding is to be performed, a frame skipping controller which performs a frame skipping control if encoding is not to be performed, and a threshold correction unit which corrects the encoding determination threshold based on the result of the encoding process. The image movement information used in the encoding determination unit is any one or a combination of pixel movement information obtained by a representative point matching scheme performed by a pixel movement calculation unit, angular velocity sensor information obtained from a lens controller, and frequency information obtained from an image processor.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2012Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomokazu Uchida, Masahiro Hojo
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Patent number: 8624993Abstract: An image processor detects an on-screen motion of a photographic subject in video image data generated by an image sensor provided in a camera body and outputs a photographic subject motion information. A sensor detects a motion of the camera body and outputs the detected motion as a camera body motion information. A scene decision encoding controller decides an image pickup condition of the video image data based on the photographic subject motion information and the camera body motion information, and performs an encoding amount regulation control suitable for the decided image pickup condition to an image compression processor.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2011Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Tomokazu Uchida, Masahiro Ogawa, Masahiro Hojo
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Patent number: 8488892Abstract: A compression controller is capable of executing prediction mode selection for selecting any one of forward prediction, backward prediction, or bidirectional prediction as a prediction mode used for encoding based on spatial frequencies of an image to be encoded. The compression controller determines whether or not to execute the prediction mode selection based on image mobility information indicating an amount of motion in the image to be encoded.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2012Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Ryosuke Uematsu, Masahiro Hojo, Masahiro Ogawa
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Publication number: 20120328008Abstract: A frame skipping process suited to a scene is achieved by providing an encoder which encodes input image data, an encoding determination unit which compares image movement information with a threshold to determine whether or not encoding is to be performed, a frame skipping controller which performs a frame skipping control if encoding is not to be performed, and a threshold correction unit which corrects the encoding determination threshold based on the result of the encoding process. The image movement information used in the encoding determination unit is any one or a combination of pixel movement information obtained by a representative point matching scheme performed by a pixel movement calculation unit, angular velocity sensor information obtained from a lens controller, and frequency information obtained from an image processor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2012Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Tomokazu UCHIDA, Masahiro HOJO
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Publication number: 20120321208Abstract: A compression controller is capable of executing prediction mode selection for selecting any one of forward prediction, backward prediction, or bidirectional prediction as a prediction mode used for encoding based on spatial frequencies of an image to be encoded. The compression controller determines whether or not to execute the prediction mode selection based on image mobility information indicating an amount of motion in the image to be encoded.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2012Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Ryosuke UEMATSU, Masahiro Hojo, Masahiro Ogawa
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Publication number: 20110298942Abstract: An image processor detects an on-screen motion of a photographic subject in video image data generated by an image sensor provided in a camera body and outputs a photographic subject motion information. A sensor detects a motion of the camera body and outputs the detected motion as a camera body motion information. A scene decision encoding controller decides an image pickup condition of the video image data based on the photographic subject motion information and the camera body motion information, and performs an encoding amount regulation control suitable for the decided image pickup condition to an image compression processor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2011Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Tomokazu UCHIDA, Masahiro OGAWA, Masahiro HOJO
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Publication number: 20110181744Abstract: When an input image is received from an imaging element, a detection circuit detects frequency information of the input image, and an electronic shake processing circuit detects shake information (motion amount) of the input image. A CPU receives the frequency information and the shake information via an image processing circuit. The CPU increases a compression ratio of the input image when high frequency components are dominant, and decreases the compression ratio when low frequency components are dominant. The CPU also increases the compression ratio when the input image is moving, and decreases the compression ratio when the input image is not moving. A compression/decompression circuit compresses the image based on the compression ratio thus set.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2011Publication date: July 28, 2011Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro HOJO, Masahiro Ogawa, Tomokazu Uchida
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Patent number: 7344777Abstract: A powder rubber obtained by crushing a waste rubber comprising various kinds of rubbers is subjected to treatment of making unevenness on a surface thereof. A method in which a microorganism growing with a rubber being an only carbon source and powder rubber having an average particle diameter of 1 mm or less are added to a culture medium to cultivate the microorganism can be applied as treatment of making the unevenness. The powder rubber is decomposed by this method, and the surface area is increased, whereby a rubber composition which is excellent in abrasion resistance, fracture characteristics and crack growth resistance can be obtained. A WU-YS05 strain (Patent Microorganism Depository Center: Accession number: FERM P-18660) belonging to Pseudonocardiaceae is effective as the microorganism.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2002Date of Patent: March 18, 2008Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventors: Kuniki Kino, Kohtaro Kirimura, Masahiro Hojo, Yuichi Ishino
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Patent number: 7060757Abstract: A rubber composition comprises (1) a rubber component including at least one of polybutadiene rubber and a styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber having a content of vinyl bond of not less than 30%, (2) at least one specified compound as a vulcanization accelerator, and (3) a specified organic thiosulfate compound as a vulcanizing agent.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2004Date of Patent: June 13, 2006Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventors: Masahiro Hojo, Kumi Fujiki
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Publication number: 20050213453Abstract: When servo lock cannot be achieved because the number of disk revolutions cannot reach the vicinity of its regular number of disk revolutions, a table value is increased to prolong the disk acceleration time. In case of success in servo lock, the table value is reduced to shorten the disk acceleration time. Accordingly, it is possible to set the disk acceleration time optimized in accordance with a variation of torque in the disk motor. As a result, it is possible to save an unnecessary current which would be otherwise consumed till disk servo lock is achieved, so that it is possible to suppress the power consumption.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2005Publication date: September 29, 2005Inventors: Masahiro Hojo, Norio Hatanaka
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Patent number: D772971Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2015Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Masahiro Hojo, Kazuyoshi Kamekawa
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Patent number: D782926Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2015Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Hojo, Kazuyoshi Kamekawa
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Patent number: D822512Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2015Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Hojo, Kazuyoshi Kamekawa