Patents by Inventor Norihiro Nagai

Norihiro Nagai 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).

  • Patent number: 11946267
    Abstract: A binding machine includes a wire feeding unit configured to feed a wire, a curl guide configured to curl the wire fed by the wire feeding unit around an object to be bound, a binding unit including a twisting shaft provided to be rotatable around a predetermined axis, and a gripping part provided at one end side of the twisting shaft, wherein the gripping part is configured to grip the wire curled by the curl guide and the twisting shaft is configured to twist the gripped wire so as to bind the object, a binding machine main body having one end side at which the curl guide is arranged and configured to accommodate therein the wire feeding unit and the binding unit, and a setting unit provided at an opposite end side of the binding machine main body and configured to set a predetermined operation condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Itagaki, Akira Kasahara, Norihiro Nagai
  • Patent number: 11933714
    Abstract: A calculation apparatus includes a first acquisition unit that acquires a first approximation expression based on a change in a temperature of a temperature controlled member with respect to a change in an outside temperature measured for a plurality of temperatures of a temperature controlling member, a second acquisition unit that obtains a second approximation expression based on the first approximation expression, a temperature input unit that receives input of a first set temperature of the temperature controlled member and a second set temperature of the temperature controlling member, a generation unit that substitutes the second set temperature into the second approximation expression to generate a third approximation expression representing relationship between the outside temperature and the temperature of the temperature controlled member, and a calculation/output unit that substitutes the first set temperature into the third approximation expression to calculate an outside temperature to be set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisatoshi Kasahara, Tomoyasu Nagai, Norihiro Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 11795711
    Abstract: A binding machine includes: a feeding unit capable of feeding a wire and winding the wire around a to-be-bound object; and a function unit movable between a first position located on a feeding locus of the wire and a second position deviating from a position on the feeding locus of the wire. The function unit is located in the second position in a predetermined state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Hashimoto, Norihiro Nagai, Takahiro Ito, Hikaru Mizukami, Kozo Iwaki
  • Publication number: 20230327262
    Abstract: There is provided an electric power tool including: an electric motor; a first battery; a second battery; a first controller configured to control the electric motor at a first operating voltage supplied based on a first power supply voltage supplied from the first battery; a communication device; and a second controller configured to control the communication device at a second operating voltage supplied based on the first power supply voltage supplied from the first battery, and configured to control the communication device at the second operating voltage supplied based on a second power supply voltage supplied from the second battery when the first power supply voltage is not supplied from the first battery. The second controller is configured to execute a reset operation when a predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kozo IWAKI, Norihiro NAGAI, Takahiro HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230327594
    Abstract: There is provided an electric power tool including: an electric motor; a communication device; and a first controller including a first storage section configured to store a control program for driving the electric motor, a second storage section configured to store an update program of the control program that is to be received by the communication device, and a processor configured to drive the electric motor by executing the control program after the communication device starts reception of the update program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kozo IWAKI, Norihiro NAGAI, Takahiro HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230324887
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to: acquire, from each of a plurality of electric power tools, position information of each of the plurality of electric power tools and actuation information indicating that each of the plurality of electric power tools is actuated; generate work information indicating a work status of each of the plurality of electric power tools based on the actuation information, the work status including a actuation history of each of the plurality of the electric power tools; receive designation of a region; extract, from among the plurality of electric power tools, an electric power tool of which the position information is included in the designated region; generate display data for causing a display device to display the work information of the extracted electric power tool; and output the display data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kozo IWAKI, Norihiro Nagai, Takahiro Hashimoto, Yasuhisa Arabiki, Sadayoshi Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20230321809
    Abstract: A control device of an electric power tool includes: a memory; and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to: transmit actuation information, which is information indicating that a predetermined operation is performed by the electric power tool, when the electric power tool performs the predetermined operation; and temporarily store the actuation information in the memory when transmission of the actuation information performed fails. When the electric power tool performs the predetermined operation and the actuation information is stored in the memory, the processing circuitry transmits, as one transmission data, the latest actuation information and the actuation information temporarily stored in the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: MAX CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kozo IWAKI, Norihiro Nagai, Takahiro Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20230327525
    Abstract: There is provided an electric power tool including: a second voltage supply portion configured to supply, based on a first power supply voltage supplied from a first battery, a second operating voltage for operating a second controller, and configured to supply, based on a second power supply voltage supplied from a second battery, the second operating voltage for operating the second controller; a first voltage line configured to connect a first voltage supply portion and the second voltage supply portion and configured to supply the first power supply voltage; and a backflow suppression circuit configured to permit a current to flow from the first voltage supply portion to the second voltage supply portion in the first voltage line and configured to suppress a current from flowing from the second voltage supply portion to the first voltage supply portion in the first voltage line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kozo Iwaki, Norihiro Nagai, Takahiro Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11654353
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing having a holding portion for gripping by a hand of a user; a manipulation block having a first side that includes at least one of: (i) one or more pressable buttons, and (ii) a stick button, and having a second side that includes a trigger button; and at least one of: (i) a thumb sensor block, located proximate to the first side of the manipulation block, and operable to detect the presence of the thumb of the hand of the user when the holding portion is gripped by the user, (ii) a first finger sensor, located on the trigger button, and operable to detect the presence of the at least one finger of the hand of the user when the holding portion is gripped by the user, and (iii) a second finger sensor, located proximate to both the second side of the manipulation block and the holding portion of the housing, and operable to detect the presence of at least one of a middle finger, a ring finger, and a pinky finger of the hand of the user when the holding portion is gripped by the us
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yuichi Machida, Kunihito Sawai, Shinichi Hirata, Yoshihisa Takahashi, Yoichi Nishimaki, Yasushi Okumura, Norihiro Nagai
  • Patent number: 11529762
    Abstract: A method of 3D print modelling includes: obtaining a target virtual object for 3D printing, evaluating the target virtual object for 3D printing with respect to one or more printability criteria to detect whether the 3D printed model would have one or more predetermined undesirable physical characteristics, and if so, generating 3D printable model data defining a transparent matrix to be printed surrounding the 3D printed model of the target virtual object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew James Bigos, Norihiro Nagai
  • Patent number: 11386901
    Abstract: An audio confirmation system includes a voice acquiring section configured to acquire a voice contained in a motion picture; a voice text producing section configured to produce a voice text based on the acquired voice; a determining section configured to determine whether or not the produced voice text and a caption text that is embedded in an image contained in the motion picture correspond to each other; and an outputting section configured to output a result of the determination of the determining section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Masaomi Nishidate, Isamu Terasaka, Norihiro Nagai
  • Patent number: 11373379
    Abstract: A contact determination section determines whether or not there is any contact between a body part of a user and an object in a real world. An AR region determination section determines, as an augmented reality region, a region that corresponds to a partial space including a portion of the object in the real world, the portion having been contacted by the body part, and that is viewed from a viewpoint of the user. An AR generation section generates an augmented reality image in the augmented reality region in a shot image of the real world.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ohashi, Masaomi Nishidate, Norihiro Nagai
  • Patent number: 11335071
    Abstract: A moving-object position and orientation acquisition section acquires a position and an orientation of a moving object detected by a tracker provided in the moving object to be moved by a user. An AR region determination section determines, as an augmented reality region, a region that corresponds to a partial space occupied by the moving object in a real world and viewed from a viewpoint of the user. The moving object is configured to be moved by the user. An AR generation section generates an augmented reality image in the augmented reality region in a shot image of the real world.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ohashi, Masaomi Nishidate, Norihiro Nagai
  • Publication number: 20220062757
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing having a holding portion for gripping by a hand of a user; a manipulation block having a first side that includes at least one of: (i) one or more pressable buttons, and (ii) a stick button, and having a second side that includes a trigger button; and at least one of: (i) a thumb sensor block, located proximate to the first side of the manipulation block, and operable to detect the presence of the thumb of the hand of the user when the holding portion is gripped by the user, (ii) a first finger sensor, located on the trigger button, and operable to detect the presence of the at least one finger of the hand of the user when the holding portion is gripped by the user, and (iii) a second finger sensor, located proximate to both the second side of the manipulation block and the holding portion of the housing, and operable to detect the presence of at least one of a middle finger, a ring finger, and a pinky finger of the hand of the user when the holding portion is gripped by the us
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yuichi Machida, Kunihito Sawai, Shinichi Hirata, Yoshihisa Takahashi, Yoichi Nishimaki, Yasushi Okumura, Norihiro Nagai
  • Publication number: 20210404197
    Abstract: A binding machine includes: a feeding unit capable of feeding a wire and winding the wire around a to-be-bound object and a function unit movable between a first position located on a feeding locus of the wire and a second position deviating from a position on the feeding locus of the wire. The function unit is located in the second position in a predetermined state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro HASHIMOTO, Norihiro NAGAI, Takahiro ITO, Hikaru MIZUKAMI, Kozo IWAKI
  • Publication number: 20210390782
    Abstract: A moving-object position and orientation acquisition section acquires a position and an orientation of a moving object detected by a tracker provided in the moving object to be moved by a user. An AR region determination section determines, as an augmented reality region, a region that corresponds to a partial space occupied by the moving object in a real world and viewed from a viewpoint of the user. The moving object is configured to be moved by the user. An AR generation section generates an augmented reality image in the augmented reality region in a shot image of the real world.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ohashi, Masaomi Nishidate, Norihiro Nagai
  • Patent number: 11198060
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for causing a device to present a sense of force against depressing of a button in response to receiving an input initiated by the user of a sense-of-force presentation start position in said predetermined movable range, and to store the sense-of-force presentation start position in a memory in response to the input initiated by the user; acquiring a depress amount of said button; receiving the sense-of-force presentation start position from the memory; and instructing the presentation of the sense of force against depressing of said button when said depress amount reaches said sense-of-force presentation start position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yuichi Machida, Kunihito Sawai, Shinichi Hirata, Yoshihisa Takahashi, Yoichi Nishimaki, Yasushi Okumura, Norihiro Nagai
  • Publication number: 20210197248
    Abstract: A binding machine includes a first body part having an operation part, a second body part having a feeding unit configured to feed a wire, a guide part configured to guide the wire to a surrounding of a binding object, and a twisting unit configured to twist the wire, thereby binding the binding object, an elongated connecting part configured to connect the first body part and the second body part, a first output unit configured to detect an operation on the operation part and to output a first signal, a second output unit configured to detect that the binding object is inserted in a feeding path of the wire and to output a second signal, and a control unit that controls the feeding unit and the twisting unit to execute a binding operation when the control unit detects the first signal and the second signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi MORIJIRI, Norihiro NAGAI, Nobutaka TASHIMA, Kozo IWAKI, Shinpel SUGIHARA
  • Publication number: 20210174601
    Abstract: A contact determination section determines whether or not there is any contact between a body part of a user and an object in a real world. An AR region determination section determines, as an augmented reality region, a region that corresponds to a partial space including a portion of the object in the real world, the portion having been contacted by the body part, and that is viewed from a viewpoint of the user. An AR generation section generates an augmented reality image in the augmented reality region in a shot image of the real world.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ohashi, Masaomi Nishidate, Norihiro Nagai
  • Publication number: 20210010282
    Abstract: A binding machine includes a wire feeding unit configured to feed a wire, a curl guide configured to curl the wire fed by the wire feeding unit around an object to be bound, a binding unit including a twisting shaft provided to be rotatable around a predetermined axis, and a gripping part provided at one end side of the twisting shaft, wherein the gripping part is configured to grip the wire curled by the curl guide and the twisting shaft is configured to twist the gripped wire so as to bind the object, a binding machine main body having one end side at which the curl guide is arranged and configured to accommodate therein the wire feeding unit and the binding unit, and a setting unit provided at an opposite end side of the binding machine main body and configured to set a predetermined operation condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu ITAGAKI, Akira KASAHARA, Norihiro NAGAI