Patents by Inventor Noriko Tanaka
Noriko 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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Patent number: 11511735Abstract: There is provided a signal processing apparatus, a signal processing method for appropriate driving control. The signal processing apparatus includes a safety determination unit that determines safety of a preceding vehicle on a basis of sensor-related information related to a sensor provided in the preceding vehicle, the sensor being relevant to a safety function, and a control signal generation unit that generates, on a basis of a result of the determination of the safety, a control signal for controlling a host vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhiro Yukawa, Noriko Tanaka, Asako Kaneko
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Patent number: 11409283Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle state control apparatus, a vehicle state control method, and a vehicle that make it possible to perform driving assistant in a drive-through area. In the drive-through area, a display unit, a window control unit, and the like in addition to a steering mechanism, a braking device, an engine, a driving motor, and a headlamp (not shown) are appropriately controlled on the basis of a result of image recognition output from an MCU to a bus, information supplied from another unit such as a radar and a lidar, and a sensing result from an in-vehicle sensor. That is, in the drive-through area, the state of the vehicle, which includes operations (such as presentation and opening/closing of the window) in addition to driving (travelling), is controlled. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, a drive-through area drive control system.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2017Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kazuyuki Marukawa, Noriko Tanaka, Itaru Shimizu, Yasuhiro Yukawa, Shinnosuke Hayamizu
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Patent number: 11250708Abstract: The present technology relates to a moving object control apparatus, a moving object control method, and a moving object that make it possible to properly perform driving of a moving object in accordance with a person getting on the moving object or a candidate therefor and a person getting off the moving object or a candidate therefor. The moving object control apparatus includes a driving control unit that performs, on the basis of recognition of at least one of a candidate for getting on the moving object or a candidate for getting off the moving object, acceleration/deceleration control of the moving object. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a moving object such as a bus and a taxi, or a control apparatus that controls automatic driving or semi-automatic driving of the moving object.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2017Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Itaru Shimizu, Noriko Tanaka, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Asako Kaneko
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Patent number: 11167060Abstract: To provide a method for producing a calcium carbonate block for medical use which is useful as a bone substitute or a bone substitute raw material needed in medical care, which is a method for producing a calcium carbonate block that satisfies the following desired properties: 1) the calcium carbonate block has excellent mechanical strength; 2) the calcium carbonate block can be produced by a simplified production method; 3) the calcium carbonate block contains no impurity; and 4) the calcium carbonate block has high reactivity. A method for producing a calcium carbonate block, comprising a step of shaping a water-containing calcium hydroxide block and a carbonation step of immersing the calcium hydroxide block in a carbonate ion-containing aqueous solution.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATIONInventors: Kunio Ishikawa, Kanji Tsuru, Akira Tsuchiya, Yuki Sugiura, Noriko Tanaka, Yasuharu Nakashima
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Patent number: 11167752Abstract: The present technology relates to a driving assistant apparatus, a driving assistant method, a moving object, and a program that make it possible to perform appropriate driving assistant. The driving assistant apparatus includes a control unit that performs, on the basis of peripheral vehicle information regarding a peripheral vehicle present in an area corresponding to the number of occupants in a host vehicle, driving assistant processing of the host vehicle. The present technology is applicable to a moving object such as an automobile.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2017Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Noriko Tanaka, Itaru Shimizu, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Asako Kaneko
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Patent number: 11142192Abstract: The present technology relates to an imaging device, a signal processing device, and a vehicle control system enabling proper driving support when a vehicle enters a road from the outside of the road. An imaging device includes: an imaging unit that captures an image of a front of a vehicle; and an object detection unit that performs object detection processing on the basis of the image captured by the imaging unit, wherein the object detection unit changes an object detection method on the basis of a positional relationship between the vehicle and a road where the vehicle enters from an outside. The present technology can be applied to an imaging device installed in, for example, various vehicles that perform driving support.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2017Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Shinnosuke Hayamizu, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Itaru Shimizu, Noriko Tanaka, Asako Kaneko
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Publication number: 20200369266Abstract: The present technology relates to a signal processing apparatus, a signal processing method, and a program that enable more appropriate control. The signal processing apparatus includes: a safety determination unit configured to determine safety of a preceding vehicle on a basis of sensor-related information related to a sensor provided in the preceding vehicle, the sensor being relevant to a safety function; and a control signal generation unit configured to generate, on a basis of a result of the determination of the safety, a control signal for controlling a host vehicle. The present technology can be applied to vehicles.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2018Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventors: YASUHIRO YUKAWA, NORIKO TANAKA, ASAKO KANEKO
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Publication number: 20200093955Abstract: To provide a method for producing a calcium carbonate block for medical use which is useful as a bone substitute or a bone substitute raw material needed in medical care, which is a method for producing a calcium carbonate block that satisfies the following desired properties: 1) the calcium carbonate block has excellent mechanical strength; 2) the calcium carbonate block can be produced by a simplified production method; 3) the calcium carbonate block contains no impurity; and 4) the calcium carbonate block has high reactivity. A method for producing a calcium carbonate block, comprising a step of shaping a water-containing calcium hydroxide block and a carbonation step of immersing the calcium hydroxide block in a carbonate ion-containing aqueous solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2018Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATIONInventors: Kunio ISHIKAWA, Kanji TSURU, Akira TSUCHIYA, Yuki SUGIURA, Noriko TANAKA, Yasuharu NAKASHIMA
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Publication number: 20200086889Abstract: The present technology relates to a vehicle control apparatus, a vehicle control method, and a movable object that make it possible to realize travelling in a more appropriate operation mode. An acquisition unit acquires, as information regarding an operation mode of a different vehicle, operation mode information indicating the operation mode of the different vehicle or operation mode switching information indicating that the different vehicle has switched the operation mode, for example. A determination unit determines an operation mode of a host vehicle in accordance with the received information regarding the operation mode of the different vehicle (e.g., the operation mode information indicating the operation mode of the different vehicle or the operation mode switching information indicating that the different vehicle has switched the operation mode). The present technology is applicable to, for example, an ECU for controlling a vehicle that performs automatic driving.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2017Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Asako Kaneko, Noriko Tanaka, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Yasuhiro Yukawa, Itaru Shimizu, Shinnosuke Hayamizu
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Publication number: 20200043344Abstract: The present technology relates to a moving object control apparatus, a moving object control method, and a moving object that make it possible to properly perform driving of a moving object in accordance with a person getting on the moving object or a candidate therefor and a person getting off the moving object or a candidate therefor. The moving object control apparatus includes a driving control unit that performs, on the basis of recognition of at least one of a candidate for getting on the moving object or a candidate for getting off the moving object, acceleration/deceleration control of the moving object. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a moving object such as a bus and a taxi, or a control apparatus that controls automatic driving or semi-automatic driving of the moving object.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2017Publication date: February 6, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Itaru Shimizu, Noriko TANAKA, Kazuyuki MARUKAWA, Asako KANEKO
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Publication number: 20200031339Abstract: The present technology relates to a driving assistant apparatus, a driving assistant method, a moving object, and a program that make it possible to perform appropriate driving assistant. A driving assistant apparatus includes a control unit that perform, on the basis of the number of occupants in a peripheral vehicle, driving assistant processing for avoiding a collision between a host vehicle and the peripheral vehicle. The present technology is applicable to a moving object such as an automobile.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2017Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Noriko Tanaka, Itaru Shimizu, Kazuyuki Marukawa
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Patent number: 10508249Abstract: The invention provides a grease composition for rolling bearings that can exhibit improved bearing life that can secure the low noise performance under high temperature conditions, and a rolling bearing where the above-mentioned grease composition is enclosed. The grease composition for rolling bearings includes a base oil, a urea thickener and a metal deactivator. The base oil has an aniline point of 110° C. or more. The urea thickener is at least one kind of diurea compound selected from the group consisting of diurea compounds represented by formula (1): R1—NHCONH—R2—NHCONH—R3 (wherein R1 and R3, which may be the same or different from each other represent a C6-30alkyl group, a C5-8cycloalkyl group or a C6-10aryl group, and R2 represents a bivalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 15 carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2015Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: KYODO YUSHI CO., LTD.Inventors: Masamichi Yamamoto, Noriko Tanaka, Kenichiro Matsubara
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Publication number: 20190202451Abstract: The present technology relates to an imaging device, a signal processing device, and a vehicle control system enabling proper driving support when a vehicle enters a road from the outside of the road. An imaging device includes: an imaging unit that captures an image of a front of a vehicle; and an object detection unit that performs object detection processing on the basis of the image captured by the imaging unit, wherein the object detection unit changes an object detection method on the basis of a positional relationship between the vehicle and a road where the vehicle enters from an outside. The present technology can be applied to an imaging device installed in, for example, various vehicles that perform driving support.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: SHINNOSUKE HAYAMIZU, KAZUYUKI MARUKAWA, ITARU SHIMIZU, NORIKO TANAKA, ASAKO KANEKO
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Publication number: 20190193728Abstract: The present technology relates to a driving assistant apparatus, a driving assistant method, a moving object, and a program that make it possible to perform appropriate driving assistant. The driving assistant apparatus includes a control unit that performs, on the basis of peripheral vehicle information regarding a peripheral vehicle present in an area corresponding to the number of occupants in a host vehicle, driving assistant processing of the host vehicle. The present technology is applicable to a moving object such as an automobile.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2017Publication date: June 27, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Noriko Tanaka, Itaru Shimizu, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Asako Kaneko
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Publication number: 20190179315Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle state control apparatus, a vehicle state control method, and a vehicle that make it possible to perform driving assistant in a drive-through area. In the drive-through area, a display unit, a window control unit, and the like in addition to a steering mechanism, a braking device, an engine, a driving motor, and a headlamp (not shown) are appropriately controlled on the basis of a result of image recognition output from an MCU to a bus, information supplied from another unit such as a radar and a lidar, and a sensing result from an in-vehicle sensor. That is, in the drive-through area, the state of the vehicle, which includes operations (such as presentation and opening/closing of the window) in addition to driving (travelling), is controlled. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, a drive-through area drive control system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2017Publication date: June 13, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Kazuyuki Marukawa, Noriko Tanaka, Itaru Shimizu, Yasuhiro Yukawa, Shinnosuke Hayamizu
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Publication number: 20180216025Abstract: The invention provides a grease composition for rolling bearings that can exhibit improved bearing life that can secure the low noise performance under high temperature conditions, and a rolling bearing where the above-mentioned grease composition is enclosed. The grease composition for rolling bearings includes a base oil, a urea thickener and a metal deactivator. The base oil has an aniline point of 110° C. or more. The urea thickener is at least one kind of diurea compound selected from the group consisting of diurea compounds represented by formula (1): R1—NHCONH—R2—NHCONH—R3 (wherein R1 and R3, which may be the same or different from each other represent a C6-30alkyl group, a C5-8cycloalkyl group or a C6-10aryl group, and R2 represents a bivalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 15 carbon atoms.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2015Publication date: August 2, 2018Applicant: KYODO YUSHI CO., LTD.Inventors: MASAMICHI YAMAMOTO, NORIKO TANAKA, KENICHIRO MATSUBARA
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Patent number: 8900410Abstract: A fine fibrous cellulosic material containing cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, in which the fine fibrous cellulosic material has a width of 1 ?m or less and a length of 5,000 ?m or less and is used for glycation reaction by hydrolysis.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2012Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyInventors: Takashi Endo, Seung-Hwan Lee, Yoshikuni Teramoto, Noriko Tanaka, Manami Sakai, Naomi Kadotani
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Publication number: 20130052695Abstract: To provide a fine fibrous cellulosic material capable of producing a saccharide in a high yield by hydrolysis; to provide a process for producing the fine fibrous cellulosic material from a cellulosic material; and to provide a process for producing the saccharide using the fine fibrous cellulosic material. The present invention is the fine fibrous cellulosic material containing cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, which the fine fibrous cellulosic material has a width of 1 ?m or less and a length of 5,000 ?m or less and is used for glycation reaction by hydrolysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2012Publication date: February 28, 2013Inventors: Takashi ENDO, Seung-Hwan LEE, Yoshikuni TERAMOTO, Noriko TANAKA, Manami SAKAI, Naomi KADOTANI
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Patent number: 8216721Abstract: A sealed battery includes an electrode group formed by winding or stacking a positive electrode including a current collector carrying an active material layer thereon, a negative electrode including a current collector carrying an active material layer thereon and a separator interposed therebetween. The current collectors of the positive and negative electrodes are exposed at an end thereof and the exposed ends are welded to current collector terminals, respectively. The active material layers formed on the surfaces of the current collectors are covered with heat resistant porous films, respectively. An end face of the separator is flush with or positioned inside relative to end faces of the heat resistant porous films. The heat resistant porous films have a melting point higher than that of the separator and have a thermal conductivity lower than that of the current collectors.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2007Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Noriko Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Hatanaka
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Publication number: 20120137731Abstract: There is provided a fitting device for a ring including: a multi-turned coil made of a metallic wire, the coil having equal pitch and constant coil diameter; one stopper formed into a spherical body and provided at one end of the wire; and the other stopper formed into a spherical body and provided at the other end of the wire. The one and the other stoppers are made of metal. The one and the other stoppers are arranged so that when seen from an axis of the coil, the one stopper and the other stopper are arranged at an interval along a circumference of the coil and so that the one stopper is located in the vicinity of an end of a palm and the other stopper is located in the vicinity of a base of a finger.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2011Publication date: June 7, 2012Inventor: Noriko TANAKA