Patents by Inventor Takanobu Suzuki

Takanobu Suzuki 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: 12218312
    Abstract: An all-solid-state secondary battery including: a cathode including a cathode active material layer; an anode including an anode current collector, and an anode active material layer on the anode current collector, wherein the anode active material layer includes an anode active material which is alloyable with lithium or forms a compound with lithium; and a solid electrolyte layer between the cathode and the anode, wherein a ratio of an initial charge capacity (b) of the anode active material layer to an initial charge capacity (a) of the cathode active material layer satisfies a condition of Equation 1: 0.01<(b/a)<0.5, wherein a is the initial charge capacity of the cathode active material layer determined from a first open circuit voltage to a maximum charging voltage, and b is the initial charge capacity of the anode active material layer determined from a second open circuit voltage to 0.01 volts vs. Li/Li+.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Suzuki, Nobuyoshi Yashiro, Takanobu Yamada, Yuichi Aihara
  • Patent number: 12204776
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to quickly and appropriately adjust performance of a storage system. Provided is a storage management system including: a storage system including a plurality of storage nodes; and a management device. The storage node includes a storage device and an instance to which a resource is virtually allocated and that controls access to the storage device. The storage management system further includes an instance management node configured to manage the instance of the storage node. The management device is configured to determine whether a configuration of the resource allocated to the instance of the storage node needs to be changed, and cause the instance management node to change the configuration of the resource allocated to the instance when the configuration of the resource needs to be changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuki Togo, Akira Deguchi, Tsukasa Shibayama, Takanobu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12202337
    Abstract: A display device for a vehicle includes: a display unit including a display surface that is configured to display information to an occupant of a vehicle; a display control unit that is configured to set the information displayed at the display surface and a display area in which the information is displayed at the display surface; a drive unit that is configured to drive the display unit in and out of an interior member that is disposed in a vehicle cabin; and a drive control unit that is configured to control the drive unit such that the display area and an exposed area, of the display surface, which is exposed from the interior member are proportional to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOJIMA PRESS INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Maeda, Tatsuya Shimizu, Takanobu Tabata, Yasuyuki Andou, Takahiro Suzuki, Norifumi Suzuki, Fumihiro Onogi
  • Patent number: 12190817
    Abstract: A pixel circuit includes a first and a second subpixel circuits. The first subpixel circuit includes a first and a second light emitters, and a first setter that sets the first and second light emitters to an emissive or a non-emissive state. The second subpixel circuit includes a third and a fourth light emitters, and a second setter that functions in the same manner as the first setter. The pixel circuit is in at least one of a connection different or an emitter number different state. In the connection different state, a connection between the first and second light emitters is a series or a parallel connection and a connection between the third and fourth light emitters is the other connections. In the emitter number different state, the first and second light emitters are emissive wholly or selectively and the third and fourth light emitter is in the opposite manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohei Sato, Takanobu Suzuki, Hiroaki Ito
  • Patent number: 12177405
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires service information; a storage unit that stores the service information acquired by the acquisition unit; and a control unit that controls, based on the service information stored in the storage unit, accounting processing performed along with execution of a function of the image forming apparatus. The control unit executes first accounting processing based on a fact that first service information is stored in the storage unit, and executes second accounting processing different from the first accounting processing based on a fact that second service information different from the first service information is stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takanobu Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20240411474
    Abstract: Systems and methods described herein can involve, for receipt of a write request from a server to a first storage system associated with a mounted volume having an attribute of read only or read/write, the write request processed by a second storage system, the second storage system setting the write destination of write data associated with the write request to the first storage system or the second storage system based on the attribute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Takanobu SUZUKI, Tomohiro KAWAGUCHI, Akiyoshi TSUCHIYA
  • Patent number: 12159882
    Abstract: A display device includes a plate-like substrate having a first surface and a second surface, pixel units on the first surface, and a power supply voltage feeder on the second surface. The power supply voltage feeder outputs first and second power supply voltages applicable to the pixel units. The second power supply voltage is lower in potential than the first power supply voltage. The display device includes a first wiring conductor electrically connecting the power supply voltage feeder and the pixel units and a second wiring conductor electrically connecting the power supply voltage feeder and the pixel units. At least one of the first or second wiring conductor includes a planar conductive portion covering the first surface. The planar conductive portion includes connectors connected to the power supply voltage feeder on at least two sides of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA COPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Ito, Takanobu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12159051
    Abstract: A method for application migrating from a first cluster to a second cluster. The method may include detecting application migration request from the first cluster to the second cluster for performing application migration; identifying first volumes associated with the first cluster that are used by the application; establishing data copying from the first volumes of a first storage device associated with the first cluster to second volumes of a second storage device associated with the second cluster; determining if a copy condition is met based on the data copying; for meeting the copy condition, stopping the application on the first cluster; flushing uncopied data from the first volumes to the second volumes; determining whether the flushing of the uncopied data is completed; and for the flushing of the uncopied data being completed, deploying the application on the second cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Tsuchiya, Tomohiro Kawaguchi, Takanobu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12135892
    Abstract: A processor of each node of a storage system executes rebalancing to transfer a volume between pool volumes for the node in such a way as to equalize throughput of a data input/output process and/or data capacities between the pool volumes making up the pool. When a plurality of external volumes are transferred to a node in the storage system, the storage management apparatus determines a transfer destination node for the volumes and order of transferring the volumes and executes volume transfer in such a way as to equalize throughput of the data input/output process and/or data capacities between the pool volumes making up the pool after completion of or during the volume transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanobu Suzuki, Tsukasa Shibayama, Akira Deguchi
  • Patent number: 12124336
    Abstract: In a storage system that acquires data from a storage system via a network, in the storage system, a snapshot 108 with respect to a predetermined volume is managed, the storage system includes a CPU, and the CPU is configured to receive an acquisition instruction of data of a first snapshot of the predetermined volume and acquire at least a part of data of a difference between the first snapshot and a second snapshot from the storage system when data of the second snapshot of the predetermined volume is acquired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Hara, Takahiro Yamamoto, Hideo Saito, Takanobu Suzuki, Akira Deguchi
  • Publication number: 20240338158
    Abstract: A function executing device is configured to send a wireless identifier to a communication device via a first type of wireless communication interface for setting up a wireless connection. The function executing device is configured to determine whether the function executing device is in an error state and, if not, to establish the wireless connection via a second type of wireless communication interface. The function executing device operates in a parent state in the wireless connection. Additionally, print data may be received from the communication device. However, if the function executing device is in an error state the wireless connection is not established via the second type of wireless communication interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Takanobu Suzuki, Hirotaka Asakura, Munehisa Matsuda, Satoshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 12079497
    Abstract: To quickly and appropriately adjust a performance of a storage system. A storage configuration optimization device for managing a storage system including one or more storages implemented by a plurality of SDS nodes includes a virtual CPU. The virtual CPU is configured to receive a request for an execution period and a necessary performance of a project using the storage system, and select, based on consumption information and performance information of a resource of the storage system, one or more change patterns satisfying the request for the execution period and the necessary performance from among a plurality of change patterns indicating configuration changes of the storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Miho Kobayashi, Akira Deguchi, Kazuki Togo, Tsukasa Shibayama, Takanobu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12050828
    Abstract: A function executing device is configured to send a wireless identifier to a communication device via a first type of wireless communication interface for setting up a wireless connection. The function executing device is configured to determine whether the function executing device is in an error state and, if not, to establish the wireless connection via a second type of wireless communication interface. The function executing device operates in a parent state in the wireless connection. Additionally, print data may be received from the communication device. However, if the function executing device is in an error state the wireless connection is not established via the second type of wireless communication interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takanobu Suzuki, Hirotaka Asakura, Munehisa Matsuda, Satoshi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20240251051
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires service information; a storage unit that stores the service information acquired by the acquisition unit; and a control unit that controls, based on the service information stored in the storage unit, accounting processing performed along with execution of a function of the image forming apparatus. The control unit executes first accounting processing based on a fact that first service information is stored in the storage unit, and executes second accounting processing different from the first accounting processing based on a fact that second service information different from the first service information is stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventor: TAKANOBU SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20240241660
    Abstract: A method for application migrating from a first cluster to a second cluster. The method may include detecting application migration request from the first cluster to the second cluster for performing application migration; identifying first volumes associated with the first cluster that are used by the application; establishing data copying from the first volumes of a first storage device associated with the first cluster to second volumes of a second storage device associated with the second cluster; determining if a copy condition is met based on the data copying; for meeting the copy condition, stopping the application on the first cluster; flushing uncopied data from the first volumes to the second volumes; determining whether the flushing of the uncopied data is completed; and for the flushing of the uncopied data being completed, deploying the application on the second cluster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Akiyoshi TSUCHIYA, Tomohiro KAWAGUCHI, Takanobu SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20240237452
    Abstract: A display device includes an image display unit, drive signal lines, and a drive. The image display unit includes pixel units and emission control signal lines that supply image signals to columns of pixel units of the pixel units. The drive signal lines supply image signals to the emission control signal lines. The drive is configured to supply an image signal to each drive signal line. The image display unit further includes switches each connected to the corresponding drive signal line. One normal drive signal line of the drive signal lines and at least one additional drive signal line are connected to the corresponding emission control signal line through the corresponding switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Yohei SATO, Takanobu SUZUKI, Katsumi AOKI
  • Publication number: 20240236632
    Abstract: A communication device may execute a wireless communication of object data with a mobile device via a first target network using a second type of interface after executing a sending process of sending a wireless setting, for causing the mobile device to belong to the first target network, to the mobile device using a first type of interface in a case where the communication device is determined as currently belonging to the first target network. The communication device may execute the wireless communication of the object data with the mobile device via a second target network using the second type of interface after executing a specific process of causing both the communication device and the mobile device to belong to the second target network in a case where the communication device is determined as currently not belonging to the target network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Takanobu Suzuki, Hirotaka Asakura, Munehisa Matsuda, Satoshi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20240221665
    Abstract: A pixel circuit includes a first and a second subpixel circuits. The first subpixel circuit includes a first and a second light emitters, and a first setter that sets the first and second light emitters to an emissive or a non-emissive state. The second subpixel circuit includes a third and a fourth light emitters, and a second setter that functions in the same manner as the first setter. The pixel circuit is in at least one of a connection different or an emitter number different state. In the connection different state, a connection between the first and second light emitters is a series or a parallel connection and a connection between the third and fourth light emitters is the other connections. In the emitter number different state, the first and second light emitters are emissive wholly or selectively and the third and fourth light emitter is in the opposite manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yohei SATO, Takanobu SUZUKI, Hiroaki ITO
  • Patent number: 12019885
    Abstract: In an information processing system, a plurality of control units (control software) implemented in different storage nodes are managed as a redundancy group, one or more first logical units (SLUs) are associated with the redundancy group, and the plurality of control units included in the redundancy group include an active control unit that processes an input/output (IO) request with respect to the first logical unit, and a standby control unit that takes over the processing when the active control unit fails. A processor (configuration management unit) arranges at least one second logical unit (ALU) in the storage node in which the active control unit exists, and associates the second logical unit with the first logical unit controlled by the active control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Shibayama, Takanobu Suzuki, Akira Deguchi
  • Patent number: 12014698
    Abstract: A dot-matrix display device includes a display, a converter circuit, and a control circuit. The display includes multiple gate signal lines, multiple source signal lines, and multiple pixel circuits arranged at intersections of the multiple gate signal lines and source signal lines. The converter circuit obtains a serial signal SI in synchronization with a first clock signal SCK input from outside and converts the obtained serial signal to a parallel signal. The serial signal is input from outside serially. The serial signal includes address data for specifying, of the multiple pixel circuits, a pixel circuit to undergo a refresh of image data, and the image data to be provided to the specified pixel circuit. The control circuit generates, based on a second clock signal ENB_V having a lower frequency than the first clock signal, a control signal for controlling timing of serial-to-parallel conversion performed by the converter circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Takanobu Suzuki