Patents by Inventor Nobuyuki Shimizu

Nobuyuki Shimizu 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: 20250093174
    Abstract: Information related to a vehicle can be displayed by projecting an image based on the information on a road surface or the like. An image projection apparatus that projects an image includes: a sensor unit that acquires information related to a vehicle; and an image projection unit that projects the image based on the information acquired by the sensor unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Yasuhiko KUNII, Takuya SHIMIZU, Hiroyuki NAKAMURA, Nobuyuki KAKU
  • Publication number: 20250083102
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification catalyst includes a substrate and a catalyst layer on the substrate. The catalyst layer includes lower and upper catalyst layers. The lower catalyst layer includes a powder material containing a powdered carrier, and catalyst metal particles containing Rh on the carrier. The upper catalyst layer includes an upstream catalyst layer in an upstream side in an exhaust gas flow direction, and a downstream catalyst layer in a downstream side in the exhaust gas flow direction. At least the upstream catalyst layer of the upstream and downstream catalyst layers includes a powder material containing a powdered carrier, and catalyst metal particles containing Pd on the carrier. A cumulative 50% particle size D50 in a volume-based particle size distribution of the powder material included in at least the upstream catalyst layer of the upstream and downstream catalyst layers is 6 ?m or more and 10 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Nishio, Takumi Tojo, Nobuyuki Takagi, Sho Hoshino, Naoto Fujita, Yosuke Toda, Shun Sakamoto, Kengo Shimizu
  • Patent number: 12221912
    Abstract: A straddled vehicle, including: an engine, which includes a combustion chamber; a three-way catalyst, which is configured to purify exhaust gas exhausted from the combustion chamber; an upstream oxygen sensor, which is provided upstream of the three-way catalyst in a flow direction of the exhaust gas, and is configured to detect an oxygen concentration in the exhaust gas; a downstream oxygen sensor, which is provided downstream of the three-way catalyst in the flow direction of the exhaust gas, and is configured to detect the oxygen concentration in the exhaust gas; and a controller, which includes a processor, and a non-transitory storage medium containing program instructions, execution of which by the processor causes the controller to execute a detachment determination process of determining whether the three-way catalyst is detached at least based on a signal input as a signal of the downstream oxygen sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoh Aramaki, Hisatoshi Kinoshita, Nobuyuki Kawashima, Ryota Nakashima, Satoshi Shiokawa, Ryo Tomii, Yuta Shimizu, Haruhiko Fujita
  • Patent number: 11699095
    Abstract: A training apparatus includes an acquiring unit that acquires a first model including an input layer to which input information is input; a plurality of intermediate layers that executes a calculation based on a feature of the input information that has been input; and an output layer that outputs output information that corresponds to output of the intermediate layer. The training apparatus includes a training unit that trains the first model such that, when predetermined input information is input to the first model, the first model outputs predetermined output information that corresponds to the predetermined input information and intermediate information output from a predetermined intermediate layer among the intermediate layers becomes close to feature information that corresponds to a feature of correspondence information that corresponds to the predetermined input information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: YAHOO JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Heishiro Kanagawa, Hayato Kobayashi, Nobuyuki Shimizu, Yukihiro Tagami
  • Patent number: 11643541
    Abstract: A composition of polyvinyl chloride for powder molding may include a polyvinyl chloride (A), a polyvinyl chloride (B), and a phosphate, among others. The polyvinyl chloride (A) may have an average particle diameter of 50 to 500 ?m, and the polyvinyl chloride (B) may have an average particle diameter of 0.01 ?m or more and less than 50 ?m. An average polymerization degree of the polyvinyl chloride (A) may be 1350 or more, and the phosphate may comprise a polyoxyalkylene alkyl phosphate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignees: KANEKA CORPORATION, TATSUTA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentaro Takesada, Nobuyuki Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11312849
    Abstract: A composition of polyvinyl for powder molding may include a polyvinyl chloride (A), a polyvinyl chloride (B), a plasticizer, and an alkyl phosphate. The polyvinyl chloride (A) may have an average particle diameter of 50 ?m to 500 ?m, and the polyvinyl chloride (B) may have an average particle diameter of 0.01 ?m or more and less than 50 ?m. An average polymerization degree of the polyvinyl chloride (A) may be 1350 or more, the alkyl phosphate may comprise a mono-alkyl phosphate, and the number of carbon atoms of an alkyl group in the alkyl phosphate may be 5 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: KANEKA CORPORATION, TATSUTA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentaro Takesada, Nobuyuki Shimizu, Shigehiro Kanou
  • Publication number: 20210345631
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a rich fermented milk having the original hardness and dense texture of the fermented milk. Disclosed is a method for producing a multi-layer fermented milk of a post-fermentation type, including the steps of: filling a container with a raw material milk to which a starter has been added and a sugar-containing liquid so as not to mix the raw material milk and the sugar-containing liquid, wherein the sugar-containing liquid has an amount of 15.0% by mass or more of the total amount of the raw material milk and the sugar-containing liquid, and the sugar-containing liquid has a solid content of 20.0% by mass or more; and fermenting the raw material milk in the filled container to obtain a multi-layer fermented milk product in a container in which a fermented milk layer having a higher solid content than the raw material milk is formed and a storage modulus G?, which is an index of hardness of the fermented milk, is 1200 Pa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: MEIJI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka KAWAI, Ippei OGAWA, Tomomi ABE, Nobuyuki SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20210179833
    Abstract: A composition of polyvinyl chloride for powder molding may include a polyvinyl chloride (A), a polyvinyl chloride (B), and a phosphate, among others. The polyvinyl chloride (A) may have an average particle diameter of 50 to 500 and the polyvinyl chloride (B) may have an average particle diameter of 0.01 ?m or more and less than 50 An average polymerization degree of the polyvinyl chloride (A) may be 1350 or more, and the phosphate may comprise a polyoxyalkylene alkyl phosphate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicants: KANEKA CORPORATION, TATSUTA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentaro Takesada, Nobuyuki Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20210094019
    Abstract: A composition comprising platinum (Pt) nanoparticles and an inorganic oxide, wherein the Pt nanoparticles have no more than 100 Pt atoms, wherein the Pt nanoparticles have a mean particle size of 1 nm to 10 nm with a standard deviation (SD) no more than 1 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Shuhei NAGAOKA, Yuichi FUJIMORI, Tomoharu HAYAMA, Yuichi NEGISHI, Wataru KURASHIGE, Atsuya HARASAWA, Nobuyuki SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 10901078
    Abstract: A monitoring device to monitor traffic behind and on both sides of a vehicle includes a radar detecting a traveling object in a pair of first detection areas that are defined behind and on left and right sides, respectively, of the vehicle and in a pair of second detection areas that are defined behind and on the left and right sides, respectively, of the vehicle, the second detection area having a width in a vehicle width direction narrower than a width of the first detection area; a detector detecting a moving direction in which the vehicle is moving and other moving indicators to find a moving status of the vehicle; and a processor causing the radar to switch to the second detection areas when the detected moving status indicates that the moving direction of the vehicle is straight ahead and at least one other moving indicator satisfies a prescribed condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Yasushi Aoyagi, Nobuyuki Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10855884
    Abstract: A display device which displays an image based on an input image signal includes: a first IC which performs first processing on the input image signal; a second IC which performs second processing on the signal processed by the first IC; and a setting unit which measures a frequency of the input image signal and sets a reference frequency inputted to the first IC, based on the measured frequency. The first IC is configured to be able to receive the input image signal within a frequency range decided by the reference frequency. The setting unit sets the reference frequency such that the frequency range decided by the reference frequency includes the frequency of the input image signal, if the frequency of the input image signal is out of the frequency range decided by the reference frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10810972
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a first image processing circuit and a second image processing circuit connected to the first image processing circuit via a first signal line and a second signal line. The first image processing circuit outputs OSD image data representing an OSD image in the form of n sets of divided OSD image data that are generated by dividing the OSD image data by n to the second image processing circuit via the first signal line and outputs position information of the divided OSD image data to the second image processing circuit via the second signal line. The second image processing circuit outputs, based on first input image data, the n sets of divided OSD image data, and the position information, combined image data representing a combined image formed of the first input image on which the OSD image is superimposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuhiko Igarashi, Nobuyuki Shimizu, Yasushi Maruyama, Takehiko Tone
  • Publication number: 20200291215
    Abstract: A composition of polyvinyl for powder molding may include a polyvinyl chloride (A), a polyvinyl chloride (B), a plasticizer, and an alkyl phosphate. The polyvinyl chloride (A) may have an average particle diameter of 50 ?m to 500 ?m, and the polyvinyl chloride (B) may have an average particle diameter of 0.01 ?m or more and less than 50 ?m. An average polymerization degree of the polyvinyl chloride (A) may be 1350 or more, the alkyl phosphate may comprise a mono-alkyl phosphate, and the number of carbon atoms of an alkyl group in the alkyl phosphate may be 5 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicants: KANEKA CORPORATION, TATSUTA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentaro Takesada, Nobuyuki Shimizu, Shigehiro Kanou
  • Patent number: 10769767
    Abstract: A monitoring system monitors a monitoring object apparatus sufficiently for practical use while suppressing battery power consumption. The monitoring system is provided a sensor terminal that is driven by a battery and acquires a measured value(s) of a measuring apparatus mounted in the monitoring object apparatus by executing image analysis processing on a captured image(s) obtained by photographing the measuring apparatus. A manager terminal monitors the measured value(s) of the measuring apparatus which is reported from the sensor terminal. When the measured value is out of a normal range, the manager terminal requests transmission of image data of an image area, which is necessary to check whether the measured value of the measuring apparatus is actually out of the normal range or not. The sensor terminal transmits the requested image data with the requested resolution to the manger terminal in response to the request from the manager terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuki Yasukawa, Nobuyuki Shimizu, Kousuke Shibata
  • Publication number: 20190385294
    Abstract: A monitoring system monitors a monitoring object apparatus sufficiently for practical use while suppressing battery power consumption. The monitoring system is provided a sensor terminal that is driven by a battery and acquires a measured value(s) of a measuring apparatus mounted in the monitoring object apparatus by executing image analysis processing on a captured image(s) obtained by photographing the measuring apparatus. A manager terminal monitors the measured value(s) of the measuring apparatus which is reported from the sensor terminal. When the measured value is out of a normal range, the manager terminal requests transmission of image data of an image area, which is necessary to check whether the measured value of the measuring apparatus is actually out of the normal range or not. The sensor terminal transmits the requested image data with the requested resolution to the manger terminal in response to the request from the manager terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Kazuki YASUKAWA, Nobuyuki SHIMIZU, Kousuke SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20190238721
    Abstract: A display device which displays an image based on an input image signal includes: a first IC which performs first processing on the input image signal; a second IC which performs second processing on the signal processed by the first IC; and a setting unit which measures a frequency of the input image signal and sets a reference frequency inputted to the first IC, based on the measured frequency. The first IC is configured to be able to receive the input image signal within a frequency range decided by the reference frequency. The setting unit sets the reference frequency such that the frequency range decided by the reference frequency includes the frequency of the input image signal, if the frequency of the input image signal is out of the frequency range decided by the reference frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuyuki SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20190237046
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a first image processing circuit and a second image processing circuit connected to the first image processing circuit via a first signal line and a second signal line. The first image processing circuit outputs OSD image data representing an OSD image in the form of n sets of divided OSD image data that are generated by dividing the OSD image data by n to the second image processing circuit via the first signal line and outputs position information of the divided OSD image data to the second image processing circuit via the second signal line. The second image processing circuit outputs, based on first input image data, the n sets of divided OSD image data, and the position information, combined image data representing a combined image formed of the first input image on which the OSD image is superimposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuhiko IGARASHI, Nobuyuki SHIMIZU, Yasushi MARUYAMA, Takehiko TONE
  • Publication number: 20190228336
    Abstract: According to one aspect of an training apparatus includes an acquiring unit that acquires a first model including an input layer to which input information is input; a plurality of intermediate layers that executes a calculation based on a feature of the input information that has been input; and an output layer that outputs output information that corresponds to output of the intermediate layer. The training apparatus includes a training unit that trains the first model such that, when predetermined input information is input to the first model, the first model outputs predetermined output information that corresponds to the predetermined input information and intermediate information output from a predetermined intermediate layer among the intermediate layers becomes close to feature information that corresponds to a feature of correspondence information that corresponds to the predetermined input information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: YAHOO JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Heishiro KANAGAWA, Hayato KOBAYASHI, Nobuyuki SHIMIZU, Yukihiro TAGAMI
  • Publication number: 20180268307
    Abstract: An analysis device according to the present application includes an acquisition unit and a determiner. The acquisition unit acquires an evaluation value for evaluating an action taken by a user who has viewed an electronic page containing summary information of content. The determiner determines an improvement parameter preferable as a summary parameter to be used when the content is converted into the summary information, based on a summary parameter used in the conversion and the evaluation value acquired by the acquisition unit, by optimization of an unknown function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: YAHOO JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hayato KOBAYASHI, Nobuyuki SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20180259636
    Abstract: A monitoring device to monitor traffic behind and on both sides of a vehicle includes a radar detecting a traveling object in a pair of first detection areas that are defined behind and on left and right sides, respectively, of the vehicle and in a pair of second detection areas that are defined behind and on the left and right sides, respectively, of the vehicle, the second detection area having a width in a vehicle width direction narrower than a width of the first detection area; a detector detecting a moving direction in which the vehicle is moving and other moving indicators to find a moving status of the vehicle; and a processor causing the radar to switch to the second detection areas when the detected moving status indicates that the moving direction of the vehicle is straight ahead and at least one other moving indicator satisfies a prescribed condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Yasushi AOYAGI, Nobuyuki SHIMIZU