Patents by Inventor Shin Nishimura

Shin Nishimura 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: 20250061588
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: an acquiring unit configured to acquire a first moving image and a second moving image; an extracting unit configured to extract a first motion from the first moving image and extract a second motion from the second moving image; and an evaluating unit configured to determine a plurality of frames of the second moving image, the frames being frames in which a similarity of the second motion of the second moving image relative to the first motion of the first moving image is equal to or more than a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazumi YAMADA, Kazuhiko TSUCHIMOTO, Shin NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 12215825
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a high-pressure hydrogen apparatus gas seal member which is excellent in durability and is capable of sufficiently suppressing an occurrence of a blister fracture. A high-pressure hydrogen apparatus gas seal member of the present disclosure is a high-pressure hydrogen apparatus gas seal member made of a crosslinked product of an elastomer composition which comprises an elastomer and fibrous carbon nanostructures having an average length of 100 ?m or more and 1000 ?m or less, wherein the fibrous carbon nanostructures have a surface fractal dimension of 2.3 or more and 3.0 or less or a radius of gyration of 50 nm or more and 500 nm or less, and further the fibrous carbon nanostructures has an inner diameter of 4.0 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignees: ZEON CORPORATION, KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Takeyama, Shin Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20240292795
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system for changing an interval between plants without performing thinning work or transplanting work of plants. The nutrient solution tray is configured to include: a receptacle part for housing a plant, a nutrient solution-inflow area for allowing inflow of water or nutrient solution, and a nutrient solution-outflow area having at least one nutrient solution-outflow port for allowing the water or the nutrient solution to flow out. At least the receptacle part, the nutrient solution-inflow area, and the nutrient solution-outflow area form a bottom surface of the nutrient solution tray. The nutrient solution tray includes a first installation surface pair comprising a first installation surface and a second installation surface. The first installation surface is formed in a side of the nutrient solution-inflow area in a longer side direction of the nutrient solution tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2023
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: PLANTX CORP.
    Inventors: Shin NISHIMURA, Kazutaka OHSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20230186047
    Abstract: An evaluation method for a trained machine learning model includes the steps of (a) inputting evaluation data to the trained machine learning model to generate first explanatory information used for an evaluation of the machine learning model, (b) using a value indicated by each piece of information included in the first explanatory information to generate second explanatory information indicating an evaluation of the trained machine learning model, and (c) outputting the generated second explanatory information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Hikaru KURASAWA, Yuki URUSHIBATA, Ryoki WATANABE, Shin NISHIMURA, Eiichiro YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230186085
    Abstract: Provided is a learning method including (a) preparing a plurality of pieces of data for learning; (b) dividing the plurality of pieces of data for learning into one or more groups to generate one or more input learning data groups; and (c) training M number of machine learning models, wherein (b) includes (b1) dividing the plurality of pieces of data for input into one or more regions to generate, as one of the input learning data groups, a collection of first type divided input data after division belonging to the same region, or (b2) dividing the plurality of pieces of data for learning belonging to one class into one or more groups to generate, as one of the input learning data groups, a collection of second type divided input data after division.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Shin NISHIMURA, Ryoki WATANABE, Hikaru KURASAWA
  • Publication number: 20230169307
    Abstract: A method according to the present disclosure includes (a) generating N pieces of input data from one target object, (b) inputting the input data to a machine learning model and obtaining M classification output values, one determination class, and a feature spectrum, (c) obtaining a similarity degree between a known feature spectrum group and the feature spectrum for the input data, and obtaining a reliability degree with respect to the determination class as a function of the reliability degree, and (d) executing a vote for the determination class, based on the reliability degree with respect to the determination class, and determining a class determination result of the target object, based on a result of the vote.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Tomomasa USUI, Ryoki WATANABE, Hikaru KURASAWA, Shin NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 11649387
    Abstract: Disclosed is a gas seal member for high-pressure hydrogen device with sufficiently reduced occurrence of both swelling destruction and blister destruction. The gas seal member is formed of a cross-linked product of an elastomer composition which comprises an elastomer and fibrous carbon nanostructures, wherein a hydrogen diffusion coefficient D1 of a cross-linked product of an elastomer component including the elastomer and a hydrogen diffusion coefficient D2 of the cross-linked product of the elastomer composition satisfy the relationship 0.7<D2/D1<1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin Nishimura, Yoshihisa Takeyama
  • Publication number: 20230110350
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a high-pressure hydrogen apparatus gas seal member which is excellent in durability and is capable of sufficiently suppressing an occurrence of a blister fracture. A high-pressure hydrogen apparatus gas seal member of the present disclosure is a high-pressure hydrogen apparatus gas seal member made of a crosslinked product of an elastomer composition which comprises an elastomer and fibrous carbon nanostructures having an average length of 100 ?m or more and 1000 ?m or less, wherein the fibrous carbon nanostructures have a surface fractal dimension of 2.3 or more and 3.0 or less or a radius of gyration of 50 nm or more and 500 nm or less, and further the fibrous carbon nanostructures has an inner diameter of 4.0 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicants: ZEON CORPORATION, KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihisa TAKEYAMA, Shin NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230056735
    Abstract: A method of performing classification processing on classification target data includes: (a) a step of preparing N machine learning models; (b) a step of, when a plurality of pieces of training data are input into the N machine learning models, preparing a known feature vector group obtained from output of at least one specific layer of the plurality of vector neuron layers; and (c) a step of computing, using a selected machine learning model selected from the N machine learning models a similarity, for each class, between the known feature vector group and a feature vector obtained from output of the specific layer when the classification target data is input into the selected machine learning model, and determining a class for the classification target data using the similarity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Ryoki WATANABE, Hikaru KURASAWA, Shin NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 11448319
    Abstract: Provided is a composition for a gas seal member that can form a gas seal member for a high-pressure hydrogen device that is capable of sufficiently inhibiting both swelling destruction and blister destruction. The composition for a gas seal member is a composition for a gas seal member used in a high-pressure hydrogen environment and contains an elastomer and fibrous carbon nanostructures. The fibrous carbon nanostructures are contained in a proportion of not less than 1 part by mass and not more than 10 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the elastomer. An area fraction S (%) of aggregates of the fibrous carbon nanostructures in a cross-section of the composition for a gas seal member and a volume percentage V (volume %) of the fibrous carbon nanostructures in the composition for a gas seal member satisfy a relationship 0?S/V?2.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignees: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin Nishimura, Yoshihisa Takeyama
  • Publication number: 20220277198
    Abstract: A class discrimination method includes: (a) a step of preparing, for each class, a known feature spectrum group obtained based on an output of a specific layer among a plurality of vector neuron layers when a plurality of pieces of training data are input to a machine learning model; and (b) a step of executing a class discrimination processing of the data to be discriminated using the machine learning model and the known feature spectrum group. The step (b) includes: (b1) a step of calculating a feature spectrum based on an output of the specific layer according to the data to be discriminated to the machine model; (b2) a step for each of the one or more classes; (b3) a step of creating an explanatory text of a class discrimination result for the data to be discriminated according to the similarity; and (b4) a step of outputting the explanatory text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoki WATANABE, Hikaru KURASAWA, Shin NISHIMURA, Kana KANAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20220245450
    Abstract: A class determination method includes: step (a): preparing, for each of a plurality of classes, a known feature spectrum group obtained when a plurality of pieces of training data are input to a vector neural network type machine learning model; and step (b): executing, by using the machine learning model and the known feature spectrum group, a class determination processing on data to be determined. The step (b) includes step (b1), calculating a feature spectrum according to an input of the data to be determined to the machine learning model, step (b2), calculating a class similarity between the feature spectrum and the known feature spectrum group related to each of the plurality of classes, and step (b3), determining a class of the data to be determined according to the class similarity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin NISHIMURA, Ryoki WATANABE, Hikaru KURASAWA
  • Patent number: 10939016
    Abstract: An image processing method includes an image encoding step of encoding data in which one channel in each pixel of image data including a plurality of pixels is configured by 2 bits or more into data in which the one channel is configured by 1 bit, a transfer step of transferring the encoded data to a printing apparatus, and an image decoding step of decoding the encoded data using the printing apparatus, in which, in the image encoding step, flag information indicating whether the pixel is a character or a line image or a photograph is assigned, and in the image decoding step, decoding is performed by selecting a first decoding method or a second decoding method based on the flag information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shin Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20200224070
    Abstract: Disclosed is a gas seal member for high-pressure hydrogen device with sufficiently reduced occurrence of both swelling destruction and blister destruction. The gas seal member is formed of a cross-linked product of an elastomer composition which comprises an elastomer and fibrous carbon nanostructures, wherein a hydrogen diffusion coefficient D1 of a cross-linked product of an elastomer component including the elastomer and a hydrogen diffusion coefficient D2 of the cross-linked product of the elastomer composition satisfy the relationship 0.7<D2/D1<1.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicants: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin NISHIMURA, Yoshihisa TAKEYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200186674
    Abstract: An image processing method includes an image encoding step of encoding data in which one channel in each pixel of image data including a plurality of pixels is configured by 2 bits or more into data in which the one channel is configured by 1 bit, a transfer step of transferring the encoded data to a printing apparatus, and an image decoding step of decoding the encoded data using the printing apparatus, in which, in the image encoding step, flag information indicating whether the pixel is a character or a line image or a photograph is assigned, and in the image decoding step, decoding is performed by selecting a first decoding method or a second decoding method based on the flag information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventor: Shin NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200041000
    Abstract: Provided is a composition for a gas seal member that can form a gas seal member for a high-pressure hydrogen device that is capable of sufficiently inhibiting both swelling destruction and blister destruction. The composition for a gas seal member is a composition for a gas seal member used in a high-pressure hydrogen environment and contains an elastomer and fibrous carbon nanostructures. The fibrous carbon nanostructures are contained in a proportion of not less than 1 part by mass and not more than 10 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the elastomer. An area fraction S (%) of aggregates of the fibrous carbon nanostructures in a cross-section of the composition for a gas seal member and a volume percentage V (volume %) of the fibrous carbon nanostructures in the composition for a gas seal member satisfy a relationship 0?S/V?2.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicants: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin NISHIMURA, Yoshihisa TAKEYAMA
  • Patent number: 9657615
    Abstract: A silencer includes conduit with a downstream end portion configured from a tubular member which includes a conduit discharge port extending through a silencer main body and discharges exhaust gas to the outside therethrough. The tubular member includes a resonance communication hole communicating with a resonance chamber and an upstream side communication hole and a downstream side communication hole communicating with a second chamber. A barrier wall serving as a throttle portion for throttling an exhaust path at an intermediate location of the tubular member is provided in the inside of the tubular member and between the upstream side communication hole and the downstream side communication hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Nakano, Shin Nishimura, Yoshitaka Hayama, Masashi Koyanagi, Yohei Yajima, Takahiko Shimizu
  • Patent number: 9567952
    Abstract: An intake system includes an air cleaner that is disposed above an engine main body mounted on a vehicle body frame and connected to cylinder heads of the engine main body and an air introducing unit for introducing air into an air inlet provided at a lateral part of the air cleaner on at least one side thereof in a vehicle width direction. The air introducing unit has an opened front end and is connected to the air cleaner so as to bend an intake direction from a vehicle front-rear direction to the vehicle width direction. In the air inlet, a plurality of ribs partition the air inlet into plural sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shin Nishimura, Takahiro Sano, Hiroaki Tsukui
  • Patent number: 9482197
    Abstract: A main fuel injection valve and a secondary fuel injection valve are separately housed in a purified chamber and an unpurified chamber of an air cleaner. A common fuel supply conduit for leading fuel from a fuel tank is connected to a branching connection pipe which is supported to pass through a cleaner case and a bulkhead and which is placed in one of the unpurified chamber and the purified chamber 49. The branching connection pipe is connected to a main fuel injection valve side branched fuel conduit and a secondary fuel injection valve side branched fuel conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shin Nishimura
  • Patent number: 9476390
    Abstract: An intake system for a vehicle includes an air cleaner assembly in a compact size. Intake passages introduce intake air to front and rear cylinder blocks of a multicylinder engine, and an air cleaner assembly is connected to upstream ends of the intake passages. A space inside an air cleaner case of the air cleaner assembly is partitioned into upper and lower sides by a partition wall, forming a clean chamber above the partition wall and a dirty chamber below. The intake passages are arranged to pass through the dirty chamber in an up-down direction, and inlets of the intake passages are arranged in the clean chamber. A through hole is formed in the partition wall between the intake passages for the front and rear cylinder blocks. An air cleaner element, configured to clean incoming intake air, is arranged to occlude the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shin Nishimura, Masahiro Kontani