Patents by Inventor Nobuhiko Tanaka
Nobuhiko Tanaka 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: 20240113797Abstract: A plurality of optical signals are arranged on optical frequency grids having a frequency spacing of ?f, a wavelength multiplexing optical signal includes at least one specific arrangement signal group, and the specific arrangement signal group includes Q S signal(s) and R P signal(s), where Q is an integer of 1 or more and R is an integer of 1 or more. A frequency difference between any pair of S signals included in the specific arrangement signal group is different from frequency differences between all of other pairs of S signals and frequency differences between all pairs of P signals, and a frequency difference between any pair of P signals included in the specific arrangement signal group is different from frequency differences between all pairs of S signals and frequency differences between all of other pairs of P signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Nobuhiko KIKUCHI, Shigehisa TANAKA
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Publication number: 20240075639Abstract: A robot includes a base, a pivot base, an upper arm, and a lower arm. The base is fixed to an installation surface. The pivot base has a pivot base proximal end which is connected to the base such that the pivot base is rotatable around a first axis along a vertical direction. The lower arm includes a first extending portion, a second extending portion, and a connecting portion. The connecting portion has a hollow structure and connects the first extending portion and the second extending portion such that the first arm proximal end faces the second arm proximal end and such that the first arm distal end faces the second arm distal end. The connecting portion includes a reinforcing portion in the hollow structure. The reinforcing portion includes ribs which connect opposed inner walls of the connecting portion and which cross each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKIInventors: Kanji SUGIMORI, Yuto TANAKA, Nobuhiko MIHARA, Hidenori MATSUURA
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Publication number: 20230398008Abstract: A lipolysis device that includes: a base material having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a glycerol introduction portion on the first surface of the base material, the glycerol introduction portion having a protrusion containing a lipolytic enzyme or a peptide compound having equivalent activity to that of the lipolytic enzyme; and a glycerol oxidation portion on the second surface of the base material, the glycerol oxidation portion containing glycerol oxidase that oxidizes glycerol introduced from the glycerol introduction portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Inventors: Hiroyuki HARANO, Hideyuki KUMITA, Yuji KINTAKA, Fumiko MORI, Nobuhiko TANAKA
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Patent number: 11777355Abstract: A stator to be provided in an electric rotating machine includes a stator core and a distributed winding coil. The stator core has a plurality of slots. The distributed winding coil includes a plurality of segment coils coupled to each other. Each of the segment coils is accommodated across a pair of slots out of the plurality of slots. The distributed winding coil has a coil structure including a plurality of parallel coils coupled to each other in series. Each of the parallel coils includes two or more of the segment coils. The two or more segment coils are coupled to each other in parallel and are accommodated across the same pair of slots out of the plurality of slots. The two or more segment coils included in each of the parallel coils are disposed adjacent to each other in a radial direction in the same pair of slots.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Masatoshi Hanaoka, Nobuhiko Tanaka
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Patent number: 11646612Abstract: A stator for a rotary electric machine includes a stator core with slots and a stator winding. The stator winding includes a phase winding including segment conductors inserted in the slots. The phase winding includes parallel conductors connected in series. Each of the parallel conductors includes segment conductors connected in parallel. When one parallel conductor is regarded as a reference parallel conductor, and the segment conductors constituting the reference parallel conductor are regarded as reference segment conductors, each reference segment conductor includes a first conductor portion constituting a first conductor portion group, and a second conductor portion constituting a second conductor portion group.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Masatoshi Hanaoka, Nobuhiko Tanaka
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Patent number: 11599318Abstract: A verification apparatus includes reads an image on a sheet conveyed using a plurality of imaging units configured to respectively perform reading in read regions different from each other in a predetermined direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction of the sheet, the read regions respectively corresponding to adjacent imaging units partially overlapping with each other. The apparatus performs processing of changing a size, in the predetermined direction, of a larger one of a read image obtained by reading the image on the sheet by each of the plurality of imaging units, and a corresponding reference image, in accordance with a size of a smaller one, and performs verification by comparing the read image corresponding to each of the plurality of imaging units with the corresponding reference image, after the processing has been completed.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2022Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Nobuhiko Tanaka
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Patent number: 11496009Abstract: A stator includes a stator core, first to third phase windings, and a busbar unit. Each of the first to third phase windings includes segment conductors inserted into slots of the stator core, and has a power point and a neutral point each protruding from an end face of the stator core. The busbar unit includes first to third power busbars coupled respectively to the power points of the first to third phase windings, and a neutral busbar coupled to the neutral points of the first to third phase windings. In circumferential directions of the stator core, the neutral point of the third phase winding is disposed between the power points of the first and second phase windings, and the power point of the third phase winding is disposed between the neutral points of the first and second phase windings.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Haruka Kojima, Nobuhiko Tanaka
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Publication number: 20220320938Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a stator and a rotor. The stator includes a stator core, coils, and a power line. The stator core includes slots. The coils are individually inserted in the slots and attached to the stator core. The power line couples a power source to the coils. Each coil includes projections and insertion portions. The projections are opposite ends of the corresponding coil and project from the stator core. The insertion portions are portions of the corresponding coil and inserted in the slots. The coils include general coils and power-line coils. The projections of each general coil serve as a first coupler and a second coupler. The projections of each power-line coil serve as a power-line coupler and a general coupler. The power-line coils and at least one of the general coils are same in length. The power-line coupler is coupled to the power line.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Haruka KOJIMA, Nobuhiko TANAKA
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Publication number: 20220253260Abstract: A verification apparatus includes reads an image on a sheet conveyed using a plurality of imaging units configured to respectively perform reading in read regions different from each other in a predetermined direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction of the sheet, the read regions respectively corresponding to adjacent imaging units partially overlapping with each other. The apparatus performs processing of changing a size, in the predetermined direction, of a larger one of a read image obtained by reading the image on the sheet by each of the plurality of imaging units, and a corresponding reference image, in accordance with a size of a smaller one, and performs verification by comparing the read image corresponding to each of the plurality of imaging units with the corresponding reference image, after the processing has been completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventor: Nobuhiko TANAKA
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Publication number: 20220077728Abstract: A stator for a rotary electric machine includes a stator core with slots and a stator winding. The stator winding includes a phase winding including segment conductors inserted in the slots. The phase winding includes parallel conductors connected in series. Each of the parallel conductors includes segment conductors connected in parallel. When one parallel conductor is regarded as a reference parallel conductor, and the segment conductors constituting the reference parallel conductor are regarded as reference segment conductors, each reference segment conductor includes a first conductor portion constituting a first conductor portion group, and a second conductor portion constituting a second conductor portion group.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Masatoshi HANAOKA, Nobuhiko TANAKA
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Patent number: 11265477Abstract: An image capturing apparatus including an image capturing unit capable of moving its imaging direction and a sound input unit including a plurality of microphones, a sound source direction detecting unit which detects a sound source direction based on sound data from the sound input unit, a control unit which performs processing related to image capturing, and, a vibration detecting unit which detects a vibration due to a contact on a housing of the image capturing apparatus, wherein, in a case where a vibration due to a contact is detected, the sound source direction detecting unit detects a direction of sound due to the contact, the control unit estimates a position of the contact on the housing, and the control unit sets the imaging direction of the image capturing unit to a direction based on the estimated position.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke Toriumi, Kikuo Kazama, Nobuhiko Tanaka
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Patent number: 11178330Abstract: An image stabilizing apparatus comprises: a shake detector that detects shake; an image stabilizer that corrects the shake by moving a position on the basis of the shake detected by the shake detector; a position detector that detects and outputs the position of the image stabilizer; a determinator that determines an extraction timing at which to extract the position of the image stabilizer on the basis of a timing at which an image sensor which shoots an image is exposed; and an extractor that extracts the position of the image stabilizer, from the output of the position detector, at the extraction timing determined by the determinator.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Ota, Nobuhiko Tanaka, Hajime Inoue
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Publication number: 20210265887Abstract: A stator includes a stator core, first to third phase windings, and a busbar unit. Each of the first to third phase windings includes segment conductors inserted into slots of the stator core, and has a power point and a neutral point each protruding from an end face of the stator core. The busbar unit includes first to third power busbars coupled respectively to the power points of the first to third phase windings, and a neutral busbar coupled to the neutral points of the first to third phase windings. In circumferential directions of the stator core, the neutral point of the third phase winding is disposed between the power points of the first and second phase windings, and the power point of the third phase winding is disposed between the neutral points of the first and second phase windings.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2020Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Haruka KOJIMA, Nobuhiko TANAKA
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Publication number: 20210099039Abstract: A stator to be provided in an electric rotating machine includes a stator core and a distributed winding coil. The stator core has a plurality of slots. The distributed winding coil includes a plurality of segment coils coupled to each other. Each of the segment coils is accommodated across a pair of slots out of the plurality of slots. The distributed winding coil has a coil structure including a plurality of parallel coils coupled to each other in series. Each of the parallel coils includes two or more of the segment coils. The two or more segment coils are coupled to each other in parallel and are accommodated across the same pair of slots out of the plurality of slots. The two or more segment coils included in each of the parallel coils are disposed adjacent to each other in a radial direction in the same pair of slots.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: Masatoshi HANAOKA, Nobuhiko TANAKA
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Publication number: 20200304718Abstract: An image capturing apparatus including an image capturing unit capable of moving its imaging direction and a sound input unit including a plurality of microphones, a sound source direction detecting unit which detects a sound source direction based on sound data from the sound input unit, a control unit which performs processing related to image capturing, and, a vibration detecting unit which detects a vibration due to a contact on a housing of the image capturing apparatus, wherein, in a case where a vibration due to a contact is detected, the sound source direction detecting unit detects a direction of sound due to the contact, the control unit estimates a position of the contact on the housing, and the control unit sets the imaging direction of the image capturing unit to a direction based on the estimated position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Yusuke Toriumi, Kikuo Kazama, Nobuhiko Tanaka
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Patent number: 10715736Abstract: An image capturing apparatus including an image capturing unit capable of moving its imaging direction and a sound input unit including a plurality of microphones, a sound source direction detecting unit which detects a sound source direction based on sound data from the sound input unit, a control unit which performs processing related to image capturing, and, a vibration detecting unit which detects a vibration due to a contact on a housing of the image capturing apparatus, wherein, in a case where a vibration due to a contact is detected, the sound source direction detecting unit detects a direction of sound due to the contact, the control unit estimates a position of the contact on the housing, and the control unit sets the imaging direction of the image capturing unit to a direction based on the estimated position.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yusuke Toriumi, Kikuo Kazama, Nobuhiko Tanaka
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Publication number: 20200112681Abstract: An image stabilizing apparatus comprises: a shake detector that detects shake; an image stabilizer that corrects the shake by moving a position on the basis of the shake detected by the shake detector; a position detector that detects and outputs the position of the image stabilizer; a determinator that determines an extraction timing at which to extract the position of the image stabilizer on the basis of a timing at which an image sensor which shoots an image is exposed; and an extractor that extracts the position of the image stabilizer, from the output of the position detector, at the extraction timing determined by the determinator.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: Hiroki Ota, Nobuhiko Tanaka, Hajime Inoue
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Patent number: 10541568Abstract: A power transmission device includes a power transmission unit configured to transmit electric power to a plurality of power reception devices, a communication unit configured to exchange charging information with the plurality of power reception devices, a determination unit configured to determine based on the charging information, for each of the plurality of power reception devices, whether the power reception device is capable of limiting power reception, a detection unit configured to detect based on the charging information, for each of the plurality of power reception devices, completion of charging of the power reception device, and a control unit configured to perform control so that power transmission is stopped in a case where the detection unit detects that at least one power reception device incapable of limiting power reception has completed charging.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Nobuhiko Tanaka
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Publication number: 20190306401Abstract: An image capturing apparatus including an image capturing unit capable of moving its imaging direction and a sound input unit including a plurality of microphones, a sound source direction detecting unit which detects a sound source direction based on sound data from the sound input unit, a control unit which performs processing related to image capturing, and, a vibration detecting unit which detects a vibration due to a contact on a housing of the image capturing apparatus, wherein, in a case where a vibration due to a contact is detected, the sound source direction detecting unit detects a direction of sound due to the contact, the control unit estimates a position of the contact on the housing, and the control unit sets the imaging direction of the image capturing unit to a direction based on the estimated position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Yusuke Toriumi, Kikuo Kazama, Nobuhiko Tanaka
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Publication number: 20190006890Abstract: A power transmission device includes a power transmission unit configured to transmit electric power to a plurality of power reception devices, a communication unit configured to exchange charging information with the plurality of power reception devices, a determination unit configured to determine based on the charging information, for each of the plurality of power reception devices, whether the power reception device is capable of limiting power reception, a detection unit configured to detect based on the charging information, for each of the plurality of power reception devices, completion of charging of the power reception device, and a control unit configured to perform control so that power transmission is stopped in a case where the detection unit detects that at least one power reception device incapable of limiting power reception has completed charging.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2018Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventor: Nobuhiko Tanaka