Patents by Inventor Takahiro Ishihara
Takahiro Ishihara 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: 11972249Abstract: An information processing apparatus receives a completion notification that indicates the completion of updating of first software that controls the display on a first monitor provided in an autonomous vehicle. Then, the information processing apparatus updates, triggered by the reception of the completion notification, second software that controls the display on a second monitor used for remotely monitoring the operation of the autonomous vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takahiro Ishihara, Yu Nagata
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Publication number: 20230095083Abstract: A glycolic acid salt that can be a raw material (intermediate product) for producing glycolic acid is more efficiently produced by a simple process. A method for producing a glycolic acid salt includes step (1) of reacting at least one compound selected from the group consisting of glycolonitrile and glycolamide with water in the presence of a metal oxide containing 50% by mass or more of at least one element selected from the group consisting of a rare earth element, a group 4 element of the periodic table, and a group 12 element of the periodic table, and a base to obtain a glycolic acid salt.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2021Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Masayuki IKEGUCHI, Takahiro ISHIHARA
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Publication number: 20230040820Abstract: An information processing apparatus receives a completion notification that indicates the completion of updating of first software that controls the display on a first monitor provided in an autonomous vehicle. Then, the information processing apparatus updates, triggered by the reception of the completion notification, second software that controls the display on a second monitor used for remotely monitoring the operation of the autonomous vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takahiro Ishihara, Yu Nagata
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Publication number: 20230037801Abstract: An information processing apparatus obtains first image data representing an image displayed on a first monitor provided in an autonomous vehicle after the completion of updating of first software that controls the display on the first monitor. Then, the information processing apparatus determines whether or not the items displayed on a second monitor used for remotely monitoring the operation of the autonomous vehicle after the completion of updating of second software that controls the display on the second monitor and the items displayed on the first monitor extracted from the first image data are identical to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takahiro ISHIHARA, Yu NAGATA
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Publication number: 20230034111Abstract: An information processing device according to the present disclosure acquires first information relating to a specific commodity having a possibility of being purchased by a user. In addition, the information processing device acquires second information relating to a position of the user. Moreover, the information processing device allocates a specific vehicle on which the specific commodity is loaded to the user based on the first information and the second information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takahiro ISHIHARA
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Publication number: 20220270378Abstract: A lost item detection system includes: a vehicle that is capable of driverless and autonomous traveling, the vehicle being configured to travel with a user on board in a preset section; and a center server comprising a first processor configured to acquire a photographic image obtained by capturing an interior of the vehicle from the vehicle, detect a lost item of a user based on the image, specify an owner candidate of the lost item based on the image, acquire information regarding the owner candidate based on a fare settlement history of the owner candidate regarding the vehicle, and register lost item information including the image of the lost item and the information regarding the owner candidate in a lost item ledger in association with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenji KONDO, Toshiki KASHIWAKURA, Masanobu TAMURA, Takahiro ISHIHARA, Tadaaki SAKAMOTO
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Patent number: 11384875Abstract: A pipe joint includes: a sealing member, having an annular shape, which is provided between the outer circumferential surface of a spigot and an inner circumferential surface of a socket; a pushing ring to push the sealing member into the socket, the pushing ring being fitted onto the spigot; and a separation preventive member configured to engage with the spigot protrusion part in a pipe-axial direction to prevent a separation of the spigot from the socket. The separation preventive member is provided between an inner circumferential surface of the pushing ring and the outer circumferential surface of the spigot. The sealing member is provided along an outer circumferential surface of the spigot protrusion part and includes a compression part. The compression part is compressed in a pipe-radial and is located, in the socket, upstream of the spigot protrusion part in an insertion direction in which the spigot is inserted.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2017Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Takahiro Ishihara, Shogo Kaneko, Kazuya Ito, Shota Yamada, Yuki Hieda
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Patent number: 11175360Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment is a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus including a gradient coil unit configured to generate a gradient magnetic field in an imaging space in which a subject is placed. The gradient coil unit includes a cooling layer configured to cool the gradient coil. The cooling layer includes a first cooling pipe configured to cool the gradient coil entirely and a second cooling pipe configured to locally cool the gradient coil.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2018Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Taketo Kawakami, Yoshitomo Sakakura, Hidekazu Tanaka, Takahiro Ishihara
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Patent number: 11153457Abstract: A light receiving unit includes photoelectric conversion elements (20) in which first pixels (201) are arrayed linearly along a long side of a parallelogram-shaped semiconductor substrate (22) and second pixels (202) are arrayed linearly at a location separated away from the first pixels (201) by a predetermined interpolation pixel distance. An output data processor that generates image data based on outputs of the photoelectric conversion elements (20) performs time correction of the image data by coupling image data based on outputs of the second pixels (202) with image data based on outputs of the first pixels (201) that have a time shift equal to a scanning time corresponding to the interpolation pixel distance.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Masatoshi Kodama, Masaki Ono, Mikio Uesugi, Takahiro Ishihara
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Publication number: 20210105378Abstract: A light receiving unit includes photoelectric conversion elements (20) in which first pixels (201) are arrayed linearly along a long side of a parallelogram-shaped semiconductor substrate (22) and second pixels (202) are arrayed linearly at a location separated away from the first pixels (201) by a predetermined interpolation pixel distance. An output data processor that generates image data based on outputs of the photoelectric conversion elements (20) performs time correction of the image data by coupling image data based on outputs of the second pixels (202) with image data based on outputs of the first pixels (201) that have a time shift equal to a scanning time corresponding to the interpolation pixel distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2019Publication date: April 8, 2021Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masatoshi KODAMA, Masaki ONO, Mikio UESUGI, Takahiro ISHIHARA
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Patent number: 10712421Abstract: An MRI apparatus includes, a generating unit configured to generate radio frequency pulses applied in a pulse sequence; a sequence control unit configured to apply a radio frequency pulse related to acquisition of an image signal and a corrective radio frequency pulse during execution of one TR of a pulse sequence; and a calculation unit configured to measure the corrective radio frequency pulse and calculate a correction value for the radio frequency pulse. Based on the correction value, the generating unit corrects a radio frequency pulse related to acquisition of an image signal to be applied during a following TR later than a TR during which the corrective radio frequency pulse is measured.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2014Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Takahiro Ishihara, Masao Yui
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Publication number: 20190137017Abstract: A pipe joint includes: a sealing member, having an annular shape, which is provided between the outer circumferential surface of a spigot and an inner circumferential surface of a socket; a pushing ring to push the sealing member into the socket, the pushing ring being fitted onto the spigot; and a separation preventive member configured to engage with the spigot protrusion part in a pipe-axial direction to prevent a separation of the spigot from the socket. The separation preventive member is provided between an inner circumferential surface of the pushing ring and the outer circumferential surface of the spigot. The sealing member is provided along an outer circumferential surface of the spigot protrusion part and includes a compression part. The compression part is compressed in a pipe-radial and is located, in the socket, upstream of the spigot protrusion part in an insertion direction in which the spigot is inserted.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2017Publication date: May 9, 2019Applicant: Kubota CorporationInventors: Takahiro ISHIHARA, Shogo KANEKO, Kazuya ITO, Shota YAMADA, Yuki HIEDA
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Publication number: 20190064291Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment is a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus including a gradient coil unit configured to generate a gradient magnetic field in an imaging space in which a subject is placed. The gradient coil unit includes a cooling layer configured to cool the gradient coil. The cooling layer includes a first cooling pipe configured to cool the gradient coil entirely and a second cooling pipe configured to locally cool the gradient coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Applicant: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Taketo KAWAKAMI, Yoshitomo SAKAKURA, Hidekazu TANAKA, Takahiro ISHIHARA
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Patent number: 10168400Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes an RF coil and an RF shield. The RF coil is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape. The RF shield is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape and is disposed on an outer circumferential side of the RF coil. The RF shield is provided with a plurality of slits that are in a form of a line extending in an axial direction and having an asymmetrical length in the axial direction with respect to a center in the axial direction and are disposed so as to alternately switch positions thereof in the axial direction along a circumferential direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2015Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Sadanori Tomiha, Yoshitomo Sakakura, Kazuya Okamoto, Takahiro Ishihara
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Patent number: 10006976Abstract: According to one embodiment, a radio frequency coil unit includes cables, radio frequency coil elements and balun circuits. The cables correspond to channels. The radio frequency coil elements are directly or indirectly connected to the cables. The balun circuits suppress an influence of an unbalanced current flowing into partial radio frequency coil elements out of the radio frequency coil elements. A part of the cables pass through at least one of the balun circuits in contact with or in non-contact with at least one of the balun circuits.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2015Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Takahiro Ishihara, Sadanori Tomiha
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Patent number: 9839800Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preventing and extinguishing fire, the method for preventing and extinguishing fire being effective against fire caused by a pyrophoric material and a water prohibitive substance. The method for preventing and extinguishing fire of the present invention is characterized in that a fire extinguishing foam composition is supplied to a flame caused by the combustion of a pyrophoric material and a water prohibitive substance whereby the flame is suppressed or extinguished, and that a combustible material is changed to an inert substance by a hydration reaction, the combustible material being a pyrophoric material or a water prohibitive substance.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2014Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: YAMATO PROTEC CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuyoshi Fukuda, Yuki Takatsuka, Takahiro Ishihara, Koki Fukumura, Seijiro Koga, Koji Miyashita
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Patent number: 9835700Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to carry out magnetic resonance imaging of a patient using a transmitting QD coil that allows at least one of phase and amplitude of a radio-frequency transmit pulse on at least one input channel of the transmitting QD coil to be adjusted independently of each other, and an adjustment unit arranged to adjust at least one of the phase and the amplitude of the radio-frequency transmit pulse according to imaging conditions.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2017Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Masaaki Umeda, Takahiro Ishihara
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Publication number: 20170315187Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to carry out magnetic resonance imaging of a patient using a transmitting QD coil that allows at least one of phase and amplitude of a radio-frequency transmit pulse on at least one input channel of the transmitting QD coil to be adjusted independently of each other, and an adjustment unit arranged to adjust at least one of the phase and the amplitude of the radio-frequency transmit pulse according to imaging conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Masaaki UMEDA, Takahiro ISHIHARA
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Patent number: 9746532Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to carry out magnetic resonance imaging of a patient using a transmitting QD coil that allows at least one of phase and amplitude of a radio-frequency transmit pulse on at least one input channel of the transmitting QD coil to be adjusted independently of each other, and an adjustment unit arranged to adjust at least one of the phase and the amplitude of the radio-frequency transmit pulse according to imaging conditions.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2013Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Masaaki Umeda, Takahiro Ishihara
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Publication number: 20160091576Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes an RF coil and an RF shield. The RF coil is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape. The RF shield is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape and is disposed on an outer circumferential side of the RF coil. The RF shield is provided with a plurality of slits that are in a form of a line extending in an axial direction and having an asymmetrical length in the axial direction with respect to a center in the axial direction and are disposed so as to alternately switch positions thereof in the axial direction along a circumferential direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2015Publication date: March 31, 2016Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Sadanori TOMIHA, Yoshitomo SAKAKURA, Kazuya OKAMOTO, Takahiro ISHIHARA