Patents by Inventor Naoki Hayashi

Naoki Hayashi 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: 20250106532
    Abstract: Provided is a signal processing device including a transmission determining section that determines whether or not to transmit an event signal output from a vision sensor which is of an event-driven type and which includes a plurality of sensors constituting a sensor array, on the basis of position information for each of the sensors in the sensor array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Naoki Egawa, Hiromasa Naganuma, Masakazu Hayashi
  • Patent number: 12257099
    Abstract: A mobile radiographic imaging apparatus that performs dynamic imaging by using radiation, includes a detector, a wireless communication interface, and a hardware processor. The detector detects a first wireless access point and a second wireless access point. The wireless communication interface connects to the first wireless access point as a connection point and outputs a dynamic image including a plurality of frames acquired in the dynamic imaging to the first wireless access point. The hardware processor controls a change of the connection point from the first wireless access point to the second wireless access point. The hardware processor further performs control to inhibit the change of the connection point in a period when the frame images are still being output to the first wireless access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Yuuichi Nishijima, Atsushi Taneda, Naoki Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20250087894
    Abstract: Provided is a composite member including a matrix part that includes inorganic substance particles and is formed by bonding the inorganic substance particles to each other, organic substance particles present in a dispersed state inside the matrix part, and a radio wave absorbing material present in a dispersed state inside the matrix part, wherein the matrix part includes at least one of a metal oxide or a metal oxide hydroxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki KURIZOE, Yuta HAYASHI, Tatsuro YOSHIOKA, Natsuki SATO, Ryosuke SAWA
  • Patent number: 12222674
    Abstract: A cartridge includes a photosensitive drum rotatable about an axis extending in an axial direction; a memory including a storing element configured to store information, a memory contact electrically connected to the storing element, and a substrate having a surface on which the memory contact is provided; and a frame which supports the photosensitive drum, on which the substrate is mounted, and which includes a first end with respect to the axial direction and a second end opposite from the first end. The frame includes a container provided with an accommodating chamber for accommodating a developer collected from the photosensitive drum and with an opening communicating with the accommodating chamber and includes a mounting member mounted on the container so as to cover the opening. The mounting member includes a supporting portion for supporting the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yosuke Kashiide, Yuichi Fukui, Naoki Hayashi, Naoki Maeda, Takashi Kimura, Toshiaki Takeuchi, Shuichi Gofuku, Takayuki Yada
  • Patent number: 12220231
    Abstract: An estimation device includes: M transmission antenna elements each transmitting a first transmission signal; N transmitter-receivers each including a reception antenna element and receiving, over a predetermined period, a first reception signal including a reflection signal that is the first transmission signal reflected by a first living body, using the reception antenna element; a memory storing training signals that are second reception signals obtained by causing the N transmitter-receivers to preliminarily receive second reception signals including reflection signals that are second transmission signals transmitted from the M transmission antenna elements to a second living body and reflected therefrom; a first vector calculator calculating a first vector for each training signal and each first reception signal by respective predetermined methods; and a circuit identifying the first living body or estimating an orientation of the first living body by a predetermined method, using correlation coefficient
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Nakayama, Shoichi Iizuka, Naoki Honma, Nobuyuki Shiraki, Teppei Hayashi, Kazuki Numazaki
  • Publication number: 20250033163
    Abstract: A dressing device includes a dressing portion capable of dressing a thread of grinding wheel with respect to a grinding wheel including the spirally continuous thread of grinding wheel, and a controller configured or programmed to control an operation of the dressing portion. The controller is configured or programmed to rotate the grinding wheel around the grinding wheel rotation axis and rotate the dressing tool around the tool rotation axis to dress the two grinding surfaces adjacent in the groove width direction with the pair of dressing surfaces, and turn the dressing tool around the tool turning axis by the tool swivel assembly to change an angle of the pair of dressing surfaces with respect to the two grinding surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Yoshikoto YANASE, Naoki IIYAMA, Ryuzo HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 12159323
    Abstract: A vehicle monitoring apparatus includes a hardware processor functioning as an image acquisition unit, an abnormality information acquisition unit, a damage determination unit, and a damage reporting unit. The image acquisition unit serves to acquire a captured image including an image representation of an exterior of a vehicle body of a vehicle. The abnormality information acquisition unit serves to acquire vehicle-body abnormality information indicating an abnormality in the vehicle body. The damage determination unit serves to determine presence or absence of damage to the vehicle body on the basis of the captured image and the vehicle-body abnormality information. The damage reporting unit serves to report, to an information processing apparatus, a damage report including the captured image or an image generated on the basis of the captured image. The damage report is reported in accordance with on a result of the determination on the damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Okabe, Takashi Okohira, Yuya Hamai, Yudai Ishibashi, Naoki Hayashi, Toshihiko Hashinaga, Jun Nakai, Kiyohiko Fujiwara, Masato Yuda
  • Publication number: 20240361723
    Abstract: A cartridge comprises a shield member including a shield portion capable of covering a photosensitive member, the shield member being movable between a first position in which the shield portion covers the photosensitive member and a second position in which the photosensitive member is more exposed to outside of the cartridge by the shield portion than when the shield member is in the first position. A first engaging portion is engageable with the shield member to hold the shield member in the first position when the shield member is in the first position. A second engaging portion is engageable with the shield member to hold the shield member in the second position when the shield member is in the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: SOHTA SUGIMOTO, SHUNSUKE HIJIKATA, NAOKI HAYASHI, YU FUKASAWA, SEIYA ISHIKAWA, SHINICHI NISHIDA, SHINJIRO TOBA, TAKEO KAWANAMI, YUICHI FUKUI, YASUYUKI EGAMI
  • Patent number: 12113205
    Abstract: The negative electrode active material includes a plurality of first negative electrode active material particles. Each of the first negative electrode active material particles includes a central portion including silicon and a covering portion provided on a surface of the central portion. The covering portion includes a (meth)acrylic acid-based polymer and a compound having a siloxane bond. The (meth)acrylic acid-based polymer includes at least one of poly(meth)acrylate or a derivative of poly(meth)acrylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoki Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20240321444
    Abstract: A medical imaging control apparatus includes a hardware processor that causes a display to display a plurality of examinations of a same patient and different patients; specifies one examination from the plurality of examinations displayed on the display; causes the display to display a list of imaging order information corresponding to the specified one examination and imaging order information corresponding to another examination of the same patient as the one examination; and causes the display to display the imaging order information corresponding to the specified one examination so as to be distinguishable from the imaging order information corresponding to the other examination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Naoki HAYASHI, Satoshi HASEGAWA, Akira HIROSHIGE, Ichirou HAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240319665
    Abstract: A cartridge for an image forming apparatus includes: a process unit to be used to form an image; a first member including a first resin material; a second member including a second resin material having higher flame retardant capability than the first resin material; and an electrode member including a contact section configured to be supplied with power from an apparatus main body of the image forming apparatus. The electrode member is configured to electrically connect the apparatus main body to the process unit. The second resin material of the second member has a greater density than the first resin material of the first member. The contact section is located in the vicinity of the first and second members and is closer to the second member than to the first member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: YUICHI SAKAKIBARA, YOSUKE KASHIIDE, HIROYUKI MUNETSUGU, YUKO HARADA, GOSHI OZAKI, MASANARI MORIOKA, NAOKI HAYASHI, HIDEKI KAKUTA, HIROKI SHIMIZU, TERUHIKO SASAKI, TACHIO KAWAI, TAKATOSHI HAMADA
  • Patent number: 12097788
    Abstract: A vehicle seat frame includes a seat cushion frame, left and right links, a connection member, left and right slide rails, and left and right risers. The seat cushion frame includes left and right side frames. The left and right links each have a one end portion connected to respective front portions of the left and right side frames. The connection member connects the left and right links together in the seat left-right direction. The left and right slide rails are disposed below the left and right side frames and are attached to a floor section of the vehicle. The left and right risers are respectively attached to the left and right slide rails, are connected to respective other end portions of the left and right links, and are configured to be impacted by the connection member under load from the occupant during a head-on collision of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignees: NHK Spring Co., Ltd, Subaru Corporation, Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Syunichirou Osa, Hiroki Matsuda, Jun Shirai, Masafumi Takano, Fumito Kitanaka, Kenji Nagumo, Suguru Ishikawa, Naoki Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20240307012
    Abstract: A radiographic imaging support apparatus includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor performs notification of information on imaging equipment to be used by a photographer at a destination. The imaging equipment is determined based on examination information on a subject to be subjected to radiographic imaging by a movable radiographic imaging apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Satoshi HASEGAWA, Naoki HAYASHI, Akira HIROSHIGE, Kenichi YANAGISAWA
  • Patent number: 12066785
    Abstract: A cartridge includes a photosensitive member, a developing member for depositing toner onto the photosensitive member, and a coupling member capable of receiving a driving force for rotating the developing member. The cartridge also includes a movable portion movable between a driving force transmitting position for permitting transmission of the driving force from the coupling member to the developing member and a driving force interrupting position for interrupting the transmission of the driving force from the coupling member to the developing member. A holding portion is provided for holding the movable portion in the driving force interrupting position when the movable portion is in the driving force interrupting position. The movable portion is capable of taking the driving force transmitting position and the driving force interrupting position in a state where the developing member is in a position where the toner is capable of being deposited on the photosensitive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Sohta Sugimoto, Shunsuke Hijikata, Naoki Hayashi, Yu Fukasawa, Seiya Ishikawa, Shinichi Nishida, Shinjiro Toba, Takeo Kawanami, Yuichi Fukui, Yasuyuki Egami
  • Publication number: 20240275662
    Abstract: A correct data generation device 1 includes: an acquisition unit 11 that acquires alarm information output from a plurality of devices; a correlation unit 13 that associates, from the alarm information, alarms whose occurrence times are within a first time width and recovery times are within a second time width, as a group of alarms that have occurred by the same event; and a generation unit 14 that generates correct data in which identification information of the event is set for each alarm of the group of alarms that has been associated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Atsushi TAKADA, Naoki HAYASHI, Ryosuke SATO, Toshihiko SEKI, Kyoko YAMAGOE
  • Patent number: 12059636
    Abstract: Provided is a mixing/clarifying device 100 including a coagulant feeder 10 that feeds coagulant to water to be treated to obtain coagulant-containing water and a tank 20 in which the coagulant-containing water is mixed to form a floc and solid-liquid separation is performed. The tank 20 includes an outer cylinder 21 having an inflow port 210 that flows the coagulant-containing water into the tank 20 and an inner cylinder 22 arranged inserted from the upper side of the tank 20 to the lower side of the inflow port of the outer cylinder 21 and having a lower end open in the tank 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: METAWATER Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Hayashi, Yasuhiko Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 12054080
    Abstract: In a vehicle seat frame, a connection member that connects left and right links together in a seat left-right direction is disposed below a rear portion of a cushion pan included in a seat cushion frame. A sloped surface sloped with a downward gradient toward a seat rear side is formed at a lower surface of the rear portion of the cushion pan. The sloped surface of the cushion pan slides in a seat rearward and diagonally downward direction relative to the connection member when the cushion pan deforms in a seat downward direction under load from the occupant during a head-on collision of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignees: NHK SPRING CO., LTD., SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Syunichirou Osa, Hiroki Matsuda, Jun Shirai, Masafumi Takano, Kenji Nagumo, Fumito Kitanaka, Suguru Ishikawa, Naoki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 12057578
    Abstract: A lithium-ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution. The negative electrode includes first negative electrode active material particles. The first negative electrode active material particles each include a center part and a covering part. The center part includes a silicon-containing material. The covering part is provided on a surface of the center part and includes a first compound and a second compound. The first compound includes at least one of polyacrylate or polyacrylamide. The second compound includes at least one of polyvinyl alcohol or polyvinyl acetal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 12045005
    Abstract: In a cartridge assembly, a cartridge frame is configured to limit a movable amount of a photosensitive drum with respect to the frame in a longitudinal direction of the photosensitive drum to a first amount in the case where a cover member is apart from the frame, and the cover member has a held portion held by the frame and a limiting portion configured to limit the movable amount of the photosensitive drum with respect to the frame to a second amount smaller than the first amount by contacting with a longitudinal end surface of the photosensitive drum in the case where the photosensitive drum moves in the longitudinal direction when the cover member is mounted on the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Isao Koishi, Naoki Hayashi, Masanari Morioka
  • Patent number: D1045823
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Naoki Hayashi, Craig Paul LaMontagne, Kim Fiskbæk Andreasen, Matthew Christopher Marrocco