Patents by Inventor Masahiro Taniguchi

Masahiro Taniguchi 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: 20240070752
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing method, an information processing apparatus, and a program capable of preparing a high performance model for an unknown introduction destination facility even in a case where a domain of the introduction destination facility is unknown at a step of training a model. The information processing method includes: dividing a dataset, which indicates a behavior of a user on an item for each of combinations of a plurality of the users and a plurality of the items, into a plurality of subgroups that are robust with respect to domain shift; generating a local model for performing a prediction of the behavior of the user on the item for each of the subgroups; and combining a plurality of the local models generated for each of the subgroups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro SATO, Tomoki TANIGUCHI, Tomoko OHKUMA
  • Patent number: 11168420
    Abstract: A nonwoven fabric 10, wherein, on a side of the one surface, a plurality of longitudinal ridge portions 11 protruding on the side of the one surface in thickness direction of the nonwoven fabric is extended in one direction Y on the side of the one surface in a plane view, and is aligned at intervals on the side of the one surface in the plane view, in other direction X, different from the one direction Y on the side of the one surface, transverse ridge portions 21 extending in the other direction X on the side of the one surface are arranged by linking the longitudinal ridge portions 11, and a fiber orientation direction in the longitudinal ridge portions 11 is different from a fiber orientation direction in the transverse ridge portions 21.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Kinugasa, Yoshihiko Seto, Masahiro Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 10893639
    Abstract: A method includes a component mounting step of mounting components on a board; a positional deviation amount acquisition step of acquiring a positional deviation amount of each of the components mounted on the board, from a corresponding normal position; and a correction value calculation step of calculating a feedback correction value for correcting a mounting operation in the component mounting step, based on the acquired positional deviation amount. In the correction value calculation step, the feedback correction value is calculated based on the positional deviation amount of each of the components mounted in each of a plurality of division areas on the board, for each of the plurality of division areas, and in the component mounting step, the mounting operation is corrected by using the feedback correction value of the plurality of division areas in which the components are mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Taniguchi, Masahiro Kihara, Satoshi Furuichi, Toshihiko Nagaya
  • Patent number: 10871760
    Abstract: A mounting board manufacturing system includes: a component placer including a placing head and a placing head mover that moves the placing head to a target position for placing the component on the board; an inspector that inspects a placement position of the component by imaging the board; a correction value calculator that calculates a correction value for correcting the target position; a target position calculator that calculates the target position using the correction value; and a correction value changer that changes a latest correction value used immediately before stopping an operation of the component placer to a correction value different from the latest correction value when the operation is resumed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Furuichi, Masahiro Kihara, Toshihiko Nagaya, Masahiro Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 10857585
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transfer device of a multistage forging press machine, capable of making a power transmission mechanism compact with a reduced number of components, and capable of easily adjusting a conveyance position. Additionally, the present invention provides a transfer device of a multistage forging press machine, capable of moving a plurality of chuck units in a lump to a place where replacement work can be performed easily, and capable of replacing chuck claws easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignees: DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD., SAKAMURA HOT ART CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Hayashi, Shinichi Miyano, Daisuke Enomoto, Masahiro Taniguchi, Minoru Enomoto
  • Patent number: 10806037
    Abstract: A component mounting system includes a plurality of component supply devices (tape feeders) each of which supplies components from a component supply position and a component mounter that sucks the components from the component supply position of each of the plurality of component supply devices with a plurality of nozzles (suction nozzles) to install the components onto a board. A suction position correction value for correcting a suction position shift from a regular suction position when each of the nozzles sucks the components from the component supply position is calculated. The suction position is corrected based on the suction position correction value to suck the components. A suction position shift amount from the regular suction position is calculated. A feeder evaluation value, which is a sum of the suction position correction value and the suction position shift amount, is calculated for each of the plurality of component supply devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Taniguchi, Satoshi Furuichi, Masahiro Kihara, Toshihiko Nagaya
  • Publication number: 20200225637
    Abstract: A mounting board manufacturing system includes: a component placer including a placing head and a placing head mover that moves the placing head to a target position for placing the component on the board; an inspector that inspects a placement position of the component by imaging the board; a correction value calculator that calculates a correction value for correcting the target position; a target position calculator that calculates the target position using the correction value; and a correction value changer that changes a latest correction value used immediately before stopping an operation of the component placer to a correction value different from the latest correction value when the operation is resumed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: SATOSHI FURUICHI, MASAHIRO KIHARA, TOSHIHIKO NAGAYA, MASAHIRO TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200216989
    Abstract: A nonwoven fabric, comprising thermoplastic fibers, a first surface side and a second surface side which is a surface side opposite to the first surface side, wherein the nonwoven fabric has outer surface fiber layers on the first surface side and the second surface side in which fibers are oriented in plane direction; and a plurality of connecting portions arranged between the outer surface fiber layer on the first surface side and the outer surface fiber layer on the second surface side, in which fibers are oriented in thickness direction of the nonwoven fabric; and part of the fibers is fused to each other between the outer surface fiber layer on the first surface side, the outer surface fiber layer on the second surface side, and the connecting portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiko KINUGASA, Hyuma ITO, Masahiro TANIGUCHI, Yoshihiko SETO, Keiichiro TOMBE
  • Patent number: 10656619
    Abstract: There is provided a mounting board manufacturing system including: a component placer including a placing head having a holding tool that holds a component and places the component on a board, and a placing head mover that moves the placing head to a target position for placing the component held by the holding tool at a component placement position of the board; an inspector that inspects a placement position of the component placed on the board by imaging the board on which the component is placed by the component placer; a correction value calculator that calculates a correction value for correcting the target position using an inspection result, and updates the correction value using a new inspection result when the new inspection result is obtained; a target position calculator that calculates the target position using the correction value; and a correction value changer that changes a latest correction value used immediately before stopping an operation of the component placer to a correction value diff
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Furuichi, Masahiro Kihara, Toshihiko Nagaya, Masahiro Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 10576530
    Abstract: The present invention provides a holding mechanism capable of well preventing misalignment of a workpiece even if the outer diameter of the workpiece is changed when the workpiece is supported at three points by a flat face and a V-shaped groove. Additionally, the present invention provides a holding mechanism of a transfer device capable of stably detecting a chucking error of holding claws for a workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignees: DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD., SAKAMURA HOT ART CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Hayashi, Masahiro Isaki, Daisuke Enomoto, Masahiro Taniguchi, Minoru Enomoto
  • Publication number: 20200056313
    Abstract: A nonwoven fabric 10, wherein, on a side of the one surface, a plurality of longitudinal ridge portions 11 protruding on the side of the one surface in thickness direction of the nonwoven fabric is extended in one direction Y on the side of the one surface in a plane view, and is aligned at intervals on the side of the one surface in the plane view, in other direction X, different from the one direction Y on the side of the one surface, transverse ridge portions 21 extending in the other direction X on the side of the one surface are arranged by linking the longitudinal ridge portions 11, and a fiber orientation direction in the longitudinal ridge portions 11 is different from a fiber orientation direction in the transverse ridge portions 21.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiko KINUGASA, Yoshihiko SETO, Masahiro TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200054501
    Abstract: A nonwoven fabric 10, comprising a movable layer 4 having front and back surfaces 10SA and 10SB, wherein the movable layer 4 has a movable zone, in which one surface of the front and back surfaces is movable by 5 mm or more in a direction along the one surface, relative to the other surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko SETO, Yoshihiko KINUGASA, Masahiro TANIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10427200
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mold fixing structure capable of easily performing work in which a mold carried into a machine is fixed to a mold mounting surface of the machine, and work in which the mold fixed to the mold mounting surface is carried out to the outside of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignees: DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD., SAKAMURA HOT ART CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Hayashi, Daisuke Enomoto, Masahiro Taniguchi, Minoru Enomoto
  • Publication number: 20190064765
    Abstract: There is provided a mounting board manufacturing system including: a component placer including a placing head having a holding tool that holds a component and places the component on a board, and a placing head mover that moves the placing head to a target position for placing the component held by the holding tool at a component placement position of the board; an inspector that inspects a placement position of the component placed on the board by imaging the board on which the component is placed by the component placer; a correction value calculator that calculates a correction value for correcting the target position using an inspection result, and updates the correction value using a new inspection result when the new inspection result is obtained; a target position calculator that calculates the target position using the correction value; and a correction value changer that changes a latest correction value used immediately before stopping an operation of the component placer to a correction value diff
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: SATOSHI FURUICHI, MASAHIRO KIHARA, TOSHIHIKO NAGAYA, MASAHIRO TANIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10162323
    Abstract: In a component mounting system having an inspection device performing a mounting inspection after component mounting, a correction value for correcting a mounting program is calculated based on board inspection information including fed-back component position deviation information, a component is mounted on a board in accordance with the mounting program corrected based on the calculated correction value, and a “present value” based on most recent board inspection information and a “pre-correction evaluation value” are displayed together on an evaluation value display screen as evaluation values representing accuracy at a time of the mounting based on the board inspection information during this component mounting work, the “pre-correction evaluation value” being calculated based on a temporary position deviation amount pertaining to a case where it is assumed that no correction based on the calculated correction value has been performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Taniguchi, Masafumi Inoue, Satoshi Furuichi, Masahiro Kihara
  • Publication number: 20180199480
    Abstract: A method includes a component mounting step of mounting components on a board; a positional deviation amount acquisition step of acquiring a positional deviation amount of each of the components mounted on the board, from a corresponding normal position; and a correction value calculation step of calculating a feedback correction value for correcting a mounting operation in the component mounting step, based on the acquired positional deviation amount. In the correction value calculation step, the feedback correction value is calculated based on the positional deviation amount of each of the components mounted in each of a plurality of division areas on the board, for each of the plurality of division areas, and in the component mounting step, the mounting operation is corrected by using the feedback correction value of the plurality of division areas in which the components are mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Masahiro TANIGUCHI, Masahiro KIHARA, Satoshi FURUICHI, Toshihiko NAGAYA
  • Publication number: 20180192522
    Abstract: A component mounting system includes a plurality of component supply devices (tape feeders) each of which supplies components from a component supply position and a component mounter that sucks the components from the component supply position of each of the plurality of component supply devices with a plurality of nozzles (suction nozzles) to install the components onto a board. A suction position correction value for correcting a suction position shift from a regular suction position when each of the nozzles sucks the components from the component supply position is calculated. The suction position is corrected based on the suction position correction value to suck the components. A suction position shift amount from the regular suction position is calculated. A feeder evaluation value, which is a sum of the suction position correction value and the suction position shift amount, is calculated for each of the plurality of component supply devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: MASAHIRO TANIGUCHI, SATOSHI FURUICHI, MASAHIRO KIHARA, TOSHIHIKO NAGAYA
  • Patent number: 9895083
    Abstract: Determining the lung compliance and lung resistance of a subject undergoing respiratory therapy using non-invasive ventilation requires taking the presence of leaks into account. In particular, variable and unintentional leaks at or near a subject interface appliance may be dynamically determined based on an average resistance of the leak orifice of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Han Zheng, Samir Ahmad, Masahiro Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20170341125
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mold fixing structure capable of easily performing work in which a mold carried into a machine is fixed to a mold mounting surface of the machine, and work in which the mold fixed to the mold mounting surface is carried out to the outside of the machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Hideaki HAYASHI, Daisuke ENOMOTO, Masahiro TANIGUCHI, Minoru ENOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170341126
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transfer device of a multistage forging press machine, capable of making a power transmission mechanism compact with a reduced number of components, and capable of easily adjusting a conveyance position. Additionally, the present invention provides a transfer device of a multistage forging press machine, capable of moving a plurality of chuck units in a lump to a place where replacement work can be performed easily, and capable of replacing chuck claws easily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Hideaki HAYASHI, Shinichi Miyano, Daisuke Enomoto, Masahiro Taniguchi, Minoru Enomoto