Patents by Inventor Nobuto Fukushima

Nobuto Fukushima 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: 20240127387
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a controller, the controller being configured to execute: acquiring pieces of result data showing movement results of a plurality of users; calculating at least either first evaluation values about convenience in a case of moving in predetermined sections in private vehicles or second evaluation values about convenience in a case of moving in the predetermined sections in public transportation at least based on the pieces of result data; and calculating, for a predetermined area, a score indicating a deviation between convenience in the case of moving in the private vehicles and convenience in the case of moving in the public transportation based on the first and second evaluation values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsunori TAKAHASHI, Akie SAKIYAMA, Nobuto MATSUDAIRA, Haruna FUKUSHIMA, Yohei MIMURA, Takuya MURAKAMI, Yasushi MATSUOKA, Kazuki NAGASHIMA, Hideyuki KASAI, Toshiyasu MURAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20110118870
    Abstract: A robot control system includes a user information acquisition section (12) that acquires user information that is obtained based on sensor information from at least one of a behavior sensor that measures a behavior of a user, a condition sensor that measures a condition of the user, and an environment sensor that measures an environment of the user, a presentation information determination section (14) that determines presentation information that is presented to the user by the robot based on the acquired user information, and a robot control section (30) that controls the robot to present the presentation information to the user. The user information acquisition section (12) acquires second user information that is the user information about a second user, and the presentation information determination section (14) determines the presentation information presented to a first user based on the acquired second user information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2008
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Sugihara, Seiji Tatsuta, Yoichi Iba, Nobuto Fukushima, Tsuneharu Kasai, Hideki Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20100298976
    Abstract: A robot control system includes a user information acquisition section (12) that acquires user information that is obtained based on sensor information from at least one of a behavior sensor that measures a behavior of a user, a condition sensor that measures a condition of the user, and an environment sensor that measures an environment of the user, a presentation information determination section (14) that determines presentation information that is presented to the user by the robot based on the acquired user information, and a robot control section (30) that controls the robot to present the presentation information to the user. The presentation information determination section (14) determines the presentation information that is presented to the user so that a first robot and a second robot present different types of presentation information based on the identical acquired user information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2008
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Sugihara, Seiji Tatsuta, Yoichi Iba, Nobuto Fukushima, Tsuneharu Kasai, Hideki Shimizu
  • Patent number: 7397437
    Abstract: A band coupling structure incorporating conductive wires, in the case in which the bands are coupled with each other, the edge portion of the connection pin is abutted to and electrically connected to the connection pin fitting section, and one coupling part and another coupling part of the band coupling section can rotate to each other in the width direction of the bands on the axis of the band coupling section by locking the band coupling lock pin with the lock pin locking section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Hasumi, Shigeru Futakami, Nobuto Fukushima, Taisuke Ienaga
  • Publication number: 20080004510
    Abstract: A worn type electronic device comprises: a light emitting element for emitting a light having a specified wave length and a light guide means for guiding the light emitted from the light emitting element in a specified direction; the light emitting element disposed in a body of the worn type electronic device, wherein a light emission of the light emitting element is controlled based on the control of the worn type electronic device; and the light guide means including at least one of a body side light guide means disposed in the body of the worn type electronic device and a band side light guide means disposed in a band, wherein the light emitted from the light emitting element is emitted from the surface of the body of the worn type electronic device via the body side light guide means; or wherein the light emitted from the light emitting element is emitted from the surface of the band via the band side light guide means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Applicant: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Tanzawa, Toshiyuki Kawakami, Nobuto Fukushima, Hideki Shimizu, Tsuneharu Kasai, Shigeru Futakami, Kouji Fujii
  • Publication number: 20070064542
    Abstract: The connecting means of the wristwatch type apparatus comprises a first electric contact point, and the connector portion comprises a second electric contact point. The first electric contact point and the second electric contact point are connected to each other by connecting the connector portion to the connecting means. A tongue portion is formed between the connecting means and the human body in such a manner that the connecting means is separated from the human body. By such a configuration, moisture or a fat generated from a human body does not penetrate to the electric contact point, and the wristwatch type apparatus provided with a connecting means having a high reliability can be provided without degrading a design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicant: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Nobuto Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20060217165
    Abstract: A band coupling structure incorporating conductive wires, in the case in which the bands are coupled with each other, the edge portion of the connection pin is abutted to and electrically connected to the connection pin fitting section, and one coupling part and another coupling part of the band coupling section can rotate to each other in the width direction of the bands on the axis of the band coupling section by locking the band coupling lock pin with the lock pin locking section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Applicant: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Hasumi, Shigeru Futakami, Nobuto Fukushima, Taisuke Ienaga
  • Patent number: 6406177
    Abstract: An adjust pin (1) for connecting a plurality of blocks (2) to each other to make up a wrist watch band (3) is formed of a metal with a property having a superelastic region where a stress remains constant against variation in strain. The adjust pin (1) is provided with a bent part (5) for causing a bending stress in the superelastic region to act on the inner wall face of a connecting through-hole (2a) of a block (2) in a state wherein the block (2) is joined with an adjoining block (2). When the adjust pin (1) is inserted in the blocks (2), and the bent part (5) is positioned in the connecting through-hole (2a), the bent part (5) provides a force acting on the inner wall of the connecting through-hole (2a) by the agency of the bending stress in the superelastic region, thereby securely holding the adjust pin (1) by a spring force thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuto Fukushima, Kouji Fujii, Takeo Komiyama, Toshiaki Hara
  • Patent number: 6287475
    Abstract: When forming a floating-type magnetic head slider for a hard disk drive or the like using dry etching, a method for manufacturing the magnetic head slider provides a method for adhering the slider being processed to an appropriate processing fixture, and when a plurality of magnetic head sliders are being processed at one time, a row (bar) array of sliders that is prepared beforehand is adhered to a metal or ceramic base, after which a dry etching method is used to form the air bearing, dry film photo-resist being used for the adhering of the row and the base. Ion milling or reactive ion etching (RIE) can be used as the dry etching method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuto Fukushima, Keisuke Kigawa
  • Patent number: 5997700
    Abstract: A mask (2) having a predetermined pattern formed on a work surface of amagnetic head slider substrate (1) containing aluminum oxide and titanium carbide as main constituents. The magnetic head slider substrate (1) with the mask (2) formed thereon as set on an electrode disposed inside an etching apparatus. While a reactive gas an insert gas are introduced into an excitation chamber (14) of the etching apparatus to cause plasma excitation of said gases to occur, a radio frequency power is applied to the electrode. Hereupon, reactive gas ions (4) and inert gas ions (5) that are generated by the plasma excitation are drawn to the magnetic head slider substrate (1), causing reactive etching by the reactive gas ions (4) and sputter-etching by the inert gas ions (5) to proceed concurrently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuto Fukushima, Yasuhiro Horiike
  • Patent number: 5038242
    Abstract: A Metal-In-Gap head is disclosed. A barrier layer of iron-silicon alloy is formed on a surface of a gap side of a core, and a sendust layer is formed on the surface of the barrier layer. A gap layer of nonmagnetic material is disposed between the surface of the sendust layer and a surface of another core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1991
    Assignee: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuto Fukushima, Eigo Hashimoto, Junji Satoh, Mari Kondoh