Patents by Inventor Sumi
Sumi 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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Publication number: 20240406289Abstract: A computer-implemented method for parallel downloading of content includes connecting to a server through which a content is available, starting to download the content from the server to a client computer, determining whether to split the downloading of the content based on a set of factors, the set of factors comprising a network latency metric and a remaining download time to download a remaining amount of the content and based on a determination to split the downloading of the content, and in parallel to downloading a first part of the content from the server to the client computer, connecting to the server and downloading an additional part of the content from the server to the client computer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2024Publication date: December 5, 2024Inventors: Venkatesh Nandikalkere Giriyappa, Sumi Viswanathan, Roginy Balasubramanian
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Publication number: 20240389833Abstract: A distal end cover includes a cover body having a cylindrical shape. The cover body includes first and second body portions, a first opening formed in the first body portion and the second body portion, a second opening that can receive a distal end portion of an insertion portion of an endoscope and is formed on a side opposite to the first body portion with respect to the second body portion, a third opening provided in the second body portion and included in the first opening, a fourth opening provided in the first body portion and included in the first opening, and a first periphery portion forming one side of the fourth opening. The first periphery portion is a side farthest from the third opening than other sides of the fourth opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2024Publication date: November 28, 2024Applicant: Olympus Medical System Corp.Inventors: Takahiro SUMI, Fumitoshi Hayakawa
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Publication number: 20240383041Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus for metal additive manufactured products supplies material of the metal additive manufactured products to a processing region, performs irradiation with a heat source that melts the supplied material, ejects a shielding gas to the processing region, and measures a temperature at a measurement point in the processing region. When the temperature at the measurement point during processing reaches a temperature set on the basis of an oxidation temperature of the material, a control device performs at least one of control of stopping the output of the heat source, control of reducing the output, or control of reducing the speed of movement or stopping the movement of the heat source moving in the processing region.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2021Publication date: November 21, 2024Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yasutomo TANIHARA, Daiji MORITA, Takafumi FUJII, Nobuyuki SUMI
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Publication number: 20240387594Abstract: Image sensor structures are provided. In some embodiments, an image sensor structure is provided. The image sensor structure includes a substrate and a light-sensing region formed in the substrate and extending from the top surface to the bottom surface of the substrate. The image sensor structure further includes a first isolation structure extending from the top surface of the substrate to a middle portion of the substrate and a second isolation structure formed extending from the bottom surface of the substrate to the middle portion of the substrate and in contact with the first isolation structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2024Publication date: November 21, 2024Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Yuichiro YAMASHITA, Chun-Hao CHUANG, Hirofumi SUMI
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Patent number: 12149676Abstract: A method for displaying an image is disclosed. An image is provided by a display, the image is located at a virtual image surface, and the image has an offset between different view directions. A controller is coupled to the display. The controller receives an information of the position of the vergence surface, performs an algorithm processing according to the information to obtain the offset, and transmits a display information including the offset to the display. An eye of the user focuses on an accommodation surface when viewing the image, and a position of the accommodation surface is different from a position of the virtual image surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2023Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: InnoLux CorporationInventors: Hao-Yu Liou, Ruey-Jer Weng, Naoki Sumi, Chih-Yung Hsieh, Chung-Kuang Wei
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Publication number: 20240381425Abstract: A computer-executed method is provided for IEEE 802.15.4 devices based on a suspendable carrier-sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) control program and standard CSMA/CA control program for an IEEE 802.15.4 network composing of IEEE 802.15.4 devices. The computer-executed method is provided on an IEEE 802.15.4 device, and causes a processor of the IEEE 802.15.4 device to perform steps that include determining the permission of backoff suspension and the intention of IEEE 802.15.4 device to perform backoff suspension, selecting the suspendable CSMA/CA control program if the backoff suspension is permitted and IEEE 802.15.4 device intends to perform backoff suspension.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2023Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicants: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc., Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Jianlin Guo, Yukimasa Nagai, Takenori Sumi, Kieran Parsons, Philip Orlik, Pu Wang
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Publication number: 20240381424Abstract: A computer-executed method is provided for IEEE 802.15.4 devices based on a suspendable carrier-sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) control program and standard CSMA/CA control program for an IEEE 802.15.4 network composing of IEEE 802.15.4 devices. The computer-executed method is provided on an IEEE 802.15.4 device, and causes a processor of the IEEE 802.15.4 device to perform steps that include determining the permission of backoff suspension and the intention of IEEE 802.15.4 device to perform backoff suspension, selecting the suspendable CSMA/CA control program if the backoff suspension is permitted and IEEE 802.15.4 device intends to perform backoff suspension.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2023Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicants: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc., Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Jianlin Guo, Yukimasa Nagai, Takenori Sumi, Kieran Parsons, Philip Orlik
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Publication number: 20240372979Abstract: A display device includes a view generator for generating input view numbers according to positions of a viewer's eyes, a view curve modifier for generating output view numbers according to the input view numbers, a three dimensional (3D) image data sampling module for adjusting image data of pixels according to the output view numbers, and a display module for displaying at least one image according to the pixels and the image data, wherein viewing positions are modified by the view curve modifier to generate modified viewing positions, the viewing positions correspond to first views, the modified viewing positions correspond to second views, and a number of second views is smaller than a number of first views.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2024Publication date: November 7, 2024Applicant: InnoLux CorporationInventors: Naoki SUMI, Hao-Yu Liou
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Publication number: 20240357283Abstract: A speaker includes a speaker unit and a holding member, the holding member having a holding portion, an attachment overhang portion, and a rear-side cavity forming portion. The holding portion includes an open-side end portion of the holding member and holds the speaker unit. The attachment overhang portion includes an affixed portion that is configured to be fixed to an attachment target, and a connecting portion that connects the open-side end portion and the affixed portion. The rear-side cavity forming portion is formed continuously with the holding portion and forms a cavity at a rear surface side of the speaker unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2022Publication date: October 24, 2024Inventors: Tomohisa Yoshida, Souta Sumi
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Publication number: 20240352623Abstract: A group-III nitride substrate includes: a first region having a first impurity concentration in a polished surface; and a second region having a second impurity concentration lower than the first impurity concentration in the polished surface, wherein a first dislocation density of the first region is lower than a second dislocation density of the second region.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2024Publication date: October 24, 2024Applicant: Panasonic Holdings CorporationInventors: Yusuke MORI, Masashi YOSHIMURA, Masayuki IMANISHI, Akira KITAMOTO, Junichi TAKINO, Tomoaki SUMI, Yoshio OKAYAMA
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Patent number: 12125545Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a driver that, in a write operation, applies a first voltage to a first select gate line, applies a second voltage lower than the first voltage to a second select gate line, applies a third voltage equal to or higher than the first voltage to a first dummy word line on an uppermost layer, applies a fourth voltage different from the third voltage and higher than the second voltage to a second dummy word line on an uppermost layer, applies a fifth voltage equal to or higher than the third voltage to a first dummy word line on a lowermost layer, and applies a sixth voltage different from the fifth voltage and equal to or higher than the fourth voltage to a second dummy word line on a lowermost layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2022Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Reiko Sumi, Takashi Maeda, Hidehiro Shiga
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Patent number: 12127251Abstract: A wireless smart utility network (Wi-SUN) device is provided for coexistence with a Wi-Fi HaLow network sharing frequency spectra between the networks. The Wi-SUN device includes a receiver receiving packets of neighbor Wi-SUN devices, a memory storing computer executable programs including a hybrid carrier-sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) control program and Wi-SUN backoff control program, a processor to execute steps of estimating a severity of Wi-Fi HaLow interference based on one or combination of the severity metrics, selecting a CSMA/CA mode between predetermined CSMA/CA modes in response to the estimated severity, detecting a channel status based on the hybrid carrier-sense multiple access, wherein if the channel status is not idle, a maximum limited number of times for re-attempting a packet transmission is checked to determine an allowability of re-attempting the packet transmission, and a transmitter to transmit packets according to a determination result of the allowability.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2021Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignees: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc., Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Jianlin Guo, Philip Orlik, Yukimasa Nagai, Takenori Sumi
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Patent number: 12121179Abstract: A server apparatus which includes a memory that stores recipe information including a plurality of cooking processes, and circuitry that acquires the recipe information, specifies, in the acquired recipe information, a cooking process described with a qualitative expression, searches the recipe information stored in the memory for the qualitative expression described in the specified cooking process, converts the qualitative expression described in the specified cooking process into a quantitative expression based on a result of the search, and sends, to a user terminal via the internet, quantitative recipe information including the quantitative expression which corresponds to the acquired recipe information, for controlling a cooking appliance based on the quantitative recipe information.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2021Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: COOKPAD INC.Inventors: Shinya Ohtani, Masayuki Ioki, Akihisa Kaneko, Tomomichi Sumi
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Patent number: 12112913Abstract: A support plate can be disposed close to a display screen without having to provide a latching mechanism to the support plate, a push button device can be easily attached and detached, and the fixing of the push button device can be carried out simultaneously with the locking of the flexible wiring. There are provided a push button device that is inserted into an opening in a transparent plate 50 from the front side, and an annular lock plate that is disposed on the back side of the transparent plate and is fitted to the outer peripheral portion of the bottom part of the push button device from the back side. The outer peripheral portion of the bottom part of the push button device and the inner peripheral portion of the lock plate have snap-fit structures that are fixed to the outer peripheral portion of the bottom part by rotating the lock plate.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2020Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya Kudo, Masaaki Sumi, Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Takehiro Agata
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Publication number: 20240329207Abstract: A vehicle upper structure includes a roof member of a vehicle, a sensor, a sensor cover, and an external cover. The sensor is mounted on an upper part of the vehicle such that at least part of the sensor is located above the roof member. The sensor is configured to emit and receive electromagnetic waves to recognize the external environment of the vehicle. The sensor cover covers at least the part of the sensor that is above the roof member. The external cover covers the sensor cover from outside with a gap between the external cover and the sensor cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: Yosuke TSUCHIYA, Koji FUKAGAWA, Risa HIRANO, Masaya ITO, Yuji SUMI, Toyokazu NOHARA
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Publication number: 20240332772Abstract: A wiring board has a built-in post wall waveguide having a region surrounded by two mutually opposing conductors and first and second post walls connecting the two conductors and serving as a transmission path for electromagnetic waves. The conductors oppose each other with insulating layers interposed therebetween. The first post wall has first columnar portions, formed by a laminate of via interconnects penetrating the insulating layers, arranged at predetermined intervals in a first direction in which the electromagnetic waves are transmitted. The second post wall has second columnar portions similar to the first columnar portions. In a cross sectional view taken in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, an interval between adjacent via interconnects in one of the insulating layers not in contact with the conductor is wider than an interval between adjacent via interconnects in two of the insulating layers in contact with the two conductors, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2023Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: Hiroshi TANEDA, Tatsuki SUMI, Yoko NAKABAYASHI
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Patent number: 12107290Abstract: An electrical apparatus may be provided with: a housing; a first electrical apparatus-side terminal; a first terminal cover configured to move between a covering position and an exposing position; and a first locking member configured to engage with the first terminal cover positioned at the covering position, and configured to move between a lock position at which the first locking member restricts movement of the first terminal cover from the covering position to the exposing position and an unlock position. The first locking member may be configured to move from the lock position to the unlock position while a first target apparatus is slid in the sliding direction to be attached to the housing. When the first locking member is positioned at the lock position, a user may be unable to directly shift the first locking member from the lock position to the unlock position.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya Sumi, Sho Tsuda
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Publication number: 20240317907Abstract: Composition including (a) a fluoropolymer; and (b1) at least one of a compound represented by the formula (4) ((H—(CF2)7—COO)pM1) or the formula (4?) ((H—(CF2)8—COO)pM1) of the present disclosure, both respectively in an amount of 100 ppb or less relative to the fluoropolymer, or (b2) at least one of a compound represented by the formula (5) ((H—(CF2)13—COO)pM1) or the formula (5?) ((H—(CF2)14—COO)pM1) of the present disclose, both respectively in an amount of 100 ppb or less relative to the fluoropolymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Taketo KATO, Satoru YONEDA, Manabu FUJISAWA, Kazuya ASANO, Takahiro KITAHARA, Masahiro HIGASHI, Akiyoshi YAMAUCHI, Sumi ISHIHARA, Yosuke KISHIKAWA, Shinnosuke NITTA, Marina NAKANO, Hirotoshi YOSHIDA, Yoshinori NANBA, Kengo ITO, Chiaki OKUI, Hirokazu AOYAMA, Masamichi SUKEGAWA, Taku YAMANAKA, Yuuji TANAKA, Kenji ICHIKAWA, Yohei FUJIMOTO, Hiroyuki SATO
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Publication number: 20240318223Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a method for predicting and determining obesity in an animal, which is a method for predicting obesity in an animal, including a measurement step of measuring the number of bacterial species belonging to one or more families selected from the group consisting of Streptococcaceae, Ruminococcaceae, Bifidobacteriaceae, Enterococcaceae, Erysipelotrichaceae, Coriobacteriaceae, Prevotellaceae, Coprobacillaceae, and Paraprevotellaceae that are present in the body of the animal or in a sample isolated from the animal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2022Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: Anicom Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Kengo MATSUMOTO, Hiroshi SUMI, Hiroyuki TAKAHASHI, Ryo HORIE
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Publication number: 20240324362Abstract: A display apparatus includes pixel circuits in the display area on one side of a component area, first data lines extending in a first direction and electrically connected to the pixel circuits, horizontal lines extending in a second direction and electrically connected to the first data lines, vertical lines extending in the first direction and electrically connected to the horizontal lines, a first peripheral line electrically connected to one of the vertical lines, above a first layer, and comprising a first portion in a peripheral area outside a display area surrounding the component area, a second peripheral line electrically connected to another one of the vertical lines, above a second layer which is different from the first layer, and comprising a second portion in the peripheral area, and a shield layer comprising a portion between the first and second layers in the peripheral area.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventors: Sumi Jang, Jisu Na, Wonmi Hwang