Patents by Inventor Takanori Inoue

Takanori Inoue 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: 20250034679
    Abstract: This copper alloy has a composition containing Mg in an amount of 0.10 mass % or greater and 2.6 mass % or less, with a balance being Cu and inevitable impurities, in which in a plastic deformation region of a stress-strain curve obtained in a low-speed tensile test at a strain rate of 1.0×10?6/s, an average value of a period of a strain of a saw edge-shaped curve is 0.01% or greater and 1.0% or less, an average value of a difference in level of stress of the saw edge-shaped curve is 0.1 MPa or greater and 2 MPa or less, and there are five or more saw edge-shaped curves with a period of strain of 0.01% or greater and 1.0% or less and a difference in the level of stress of 0.1 MPa or greater and 2 MPa or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanori KOBAYASHI, Shinichi FUNAKI, Kazunari MAKI, Yuki ITO, Yuki INOUE
  • Patent number: 12203603
    Abstract: A hydrogen gas supply system comprises a storing unit that stores hydrogen, a communication unit that receives at least either of burden information indicative of an environmental burden exerted during manufacturing of hydrogen externally received by the storing unit and quality information indicative of quality with respect to the hydrogen externally received by the storing unit, a user interface unit that provides an output in accordance with the at least either of the burden information and the quality information with respect to the hydrogen supplied from the storing unit to the user, and a controller that controls the user interface unit based on an amount of the hydrogen received by the storing unit and the at least either of the burden information and the quality information, which is received by the communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiko Hasegawa, Shunji Inoue, Kenji Tsubosaka, Kimihiko Teshima, Takanori Kito
  • Publication number: 20240333390
    Abstract: When a terminal point of an optical signal propagating through a submarine cable is extended in an optical transmission system, development man-hours and costs are increased. Thus, the optical transmission system according to the present invention includes: a first optical device configured to be connected to a plurality of first fibers and a second fiber associated with each of the plurality of first fibers; and a second optical device configured to be connected to the second fiber, the first optical device and the second optical device each include an optical function block, and the optical function block is configured to achieve an optical function defined for each of the plurality of first fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Takanori Inoue
  • Patent number: 12077677
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a cured product film, which is capable of increasing the formation accuracy of a fine cured product film and also increasing the adhesion of the cured product film. The method for producing a curable film according to the present invention includes an application step in which a curable composition that is photocurable and thermocurable and also is in liquid form is applied using an ink jet device, a first light irradiation step in which the curable composition is irradiated with light from a first light irradiation part, and a heating step in which a precured product film irradiated with light is heated, the ink jet device has an ink tank to store the curable composition, a discharge part, and a circulation flow path part, and in the application step, the curable composition is applied while being circulated in the ink jet device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Tanikawa, Takashi Watanabe, Michihisa Ueda, Shigeru Nakamura, Hiroshi Maenaka, Ryosuke Takahashi, Takanori Inoue, Yoshito Fujita, Osamu Inui
  • Publication number: 20240243540
    Abstract: Dependence of EDFA gain shape on input power and input spectrum shape is modelled using a simple neural network-based architecture for amplifiers with different gains and output powers. The model can predict the gain within ±0.1 dB. While the model has good success predicting the performance of an EDFA it is trained with, it is not as successful when predicting a different EDFA, or the same EDFA with different pump power. Retraining the model with a small amount of supplementary data from a separate EDFA makes the model able to predict the performance of the second EDFA with little loss in performance. Experiments show that machine learning model of an EDFA is capable of modelling spectralhole burning effects accurately. As a result, it significantly outperforms black-box models that neglect inhomogenous effects. Model achieves an average RMSE error of 0.016 dB between the model and measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
    Inventors: Fatih YAMAN, Hussam BATSHON, Eduardo Fabian MATEO RODRIGUEZ, Yoshihisa INADA, Shinsuke FUJISAWA, Takanori INOUE
  • Publication number: 20240234226
    Abstract: Provided is a curable composition for inkjet and air cavity formation, the curable composition capable of forming a cured product layer having a high aspect ratio and capable of enhancing adhesiveness and sealability. A curable composition for inkjet and air cavity formation according to the present invention contains a photocurable compound having a (meth)acryloyl group or a vinyl group and having no cyclic ether group, and a thermosetting compound having no (meth)acryloyl group and having a cyclic ether group, in which a content of the thermosetting compound in 100 wt % of the curable composition for inkjet and air cavity formation is 5 wt % or more, and when a B-staged product is obtained by irradiating the curable composition for inkjet and air cavity formation with light having a wavelength of 365 nm at an illuminance of 2000 mW/cm2, a viscosity at 40° C. of the B-staged product is 2.5×102 Pa·s or more and 3.0×10? Pa·s or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke FUJITA, Takashi WATANABE, Mitsuru TANIKAWA, Yoshifumi SUGISAWA, Tomoya TANAKA, Takanori INOUE, Taichi HAMADA
  • Patent number: 12034482
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to systems, methods, and structures providing for the accurate measurement of guided acoustic-wave Brillouin scattering in optical fiber transmission systems and facilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Fatih Yaman, Eduardo Mateo Rodriguez, Shinsuke Fujisawa, Hussam Batshon, Kohei Nakamura, Takanori Inoue, Yoshihisa Inada, Takaaki Ogata
  • Publication number: 20240173951
    Abstract: Provided are a liquid agent container formed of a multilayer film using polybutylene terephthalate in an outer layer, in which it is controlled or prevented that a component derived from the polybutylene terephthalate is permeates the multilayer film and is eluted into a content liquid, and a multilayer film for forming such a liquid agent container. A multilayer film includes at least a layer (1) including polybutylene terephthalate, a layer (2) including a cyclic olefin-based polymer, a flexible layer (3) including an ethylene-based resin, and a layer (4) including a polyolefin, which are laminated, wherein the layer (1), the layer (2), and the layer (4) forming one surface of the multilayer film are laminated in this order, and a liquid agent container is formed of the multilayer film so that the layer (4) is formed as the innermost layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL FACTORY, INC.
    Inventors: Junji TOKIEDA, Takanori INOUE, Shingo OTANI, Yasuyuki KAJIHARA, Hidenari SHOJI
  • Publication number: 20240136239
    Abstract: Provided is a curable composition for inkjet and air cavity formation, the curable composition capable of forming a cured product layer having a high aspect ratio and capable of enhancing adhesiveness and sealability. A curable composition for inkjet and air cavity formation according to the present invention contains a photocurable compound having a (meth)acryloyl group or a vinyl group and having no cyclic ether group, and a thermosetting compound having no (meth)acryloyl group and having a cyclic ether group, in which a content of the thermosetting compound in 100 wt % of the curable composition for inkjet and air cavity formation is 5 wt % or more, and when a B-staged product is obtained by irradiating the curable composition for inkjet and air cavity formation with light having a wavelength of 365 nm at an illuminance of 2000 mW/cm2, a viscosity at 40° C. of the B-staged product is 2.5×102 Pa·s or more and 3.0×10? Pa·s or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke FUJITA, Takashi WATANABE, Mitsuru TANIKAWA, Yoshifumi SUGISAWA, Tomoya TANAKA, Takanori INOUE, Taichi HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20240103215
    Abstract: An advance in the art is made according to aspects of the present disclosure directed to methods for earthquake sensing that employ a supervisory system of undersea fiber optic cables. Earthquakes and other environmental disturbances are detected by monitoring the polarization of interrogation light instead of its phase. More specifically, our methods monitor the transfer matrix rather than just polarization and isolate disturbance location by monitoring eigenvalues of the polarization transfer matrix. From results obtained we have demonstrated experimentally that we can monitor disturbances that affect signal polarization on a span-by-span basis using High Loss Loop Back (HLLB) paths. It is shown that by measuring the polarization rotation matrix and determining the polarization rotation angle we can identify the span where the disturbance occurred with 35 dB extinction with no limitation on the magnitude of the disturbance and the number of affected spans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: NEC Laboratories America, Inc., NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Fatih YAMAN, Shaobo HAN, Eduardo Fabian MATEO RODRIGUEZ, Yang LI, Yoshihisa INADA, Takanori INOUE
  • Patent number: 11933605
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure describe estimating/measuring core-cladding concentricity error in optical fibers. In sharp contrast to the prior art, our inventive method is based on measuring a seemingly unrelated property of fibers called guided acoustic wave Brillouin scattering (GAWBS). As we shall show and describe, by analyzing this GAWBS property we advantageously determine what level of CCCE is exhibited by the optical fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Fatih Yaman, Hussam Batshon, Shinsuke Fujisawa, Kohei Nakamura, Takanori Inoue, Eduardo Mateo Rodriguez, Yoshihisa Inada
  • Patent number: 11888583
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems, methods. and structures directed to an integrated 3-way branching unit switch module suitable for undersea application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Fatih Yaman, Shinsuke Fujisawa, Hussam Batshon, Takigawa Yoshinari, Ryuji Aida, Takanori Inoue, Eduardo Rodriguez, Yoshihisa Inada
  • Patent number: 11855687
    Abstract: In order to measure the signal quality of each of optical signals transmitted/received via a plurality of transmission lines, an optical communication system 1 is provided with a dummy light source 10 for outputting dummy light, a switching means 20 for outputting the dummy light to a first transmission line 40a, and a light-receiving means 30 for acquiring first signal quality from the dummy light received via the first transmission line 40a, the switching means 20 switching the output destination of the dummy light from the first transmission line 40a to a second transmission line 40b, and the light-receiving means 30 acquiring second signal quality from the dummy light received via the second transmission line 40b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takanori Inoue
  • Patent number: 11782217
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure describe methods for reducing guided acoustic wave Brillouin (GAWBS) noise in an optical fiber that may be included in an optical communications system by reducing the polarization diffusion length of the fiber by increasing the birefringence of the optical fiber, the increased birefringence of the optical fiber being increased with respect to its average magnitude. Additionally, the polarization diffusion length is reduced by reducing the coherence length of birefringence of the optical fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Fatih Yaman, Eduardo Mateo Rodriguez, Hassam Batshon, Shinsuke Fujisawa, Kohei Nakamura, Takanori Inoue, Yoshihisa Inada
  • Patent number: 11700067
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure describe a three-way branching unit switch module having a small footprint suitable for application in an undersea application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Fatih Yaman, Shinsuke Fujisawa, Hussam Batshon, Yoshinari Takigawa, Ryu Kurahashi, Ryuji Aida, Kohei Nakamura, Takanori Inoue, Eduardo Rodriguez, Yoshihisa Inada
  • Patent number: 11664891
    Abstract: An optical multiplexer/demultiplexer according to an example embodiment includes: an OCM configured to measure a strength of each of optical signals in a plurality of wavelength bands input to a WSS and to determine an optical signal wavelength band and a noise wavelength band based on the measured strengths; the OCM configured to pass the optical signal in the optical signal wavelength band determined by the OCM as a primary signal; a dummy light generation unit configured to generate dummy light in which the optical signal wavelength band has been extinguished; and an optical coupler configured to multiplex the primary signal output from the WSS with the dummy signal into a wavelength division multiplexing optical signal and to output the wavelength division multiplexing optical signal to an optical transmission path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takanori Inoue
  • Publication number: 20220381932
    Abstract: Earthquake detection via fiber sensing is provided using using a supervisory path of submarine cables wherein the supervisory system/path of a submarine optical cable conveys portion(s) of an optical signal back to an origin location periodically—i.e., at every repeater location. Advantageously, since it is known where a returning signal is coming from, a resolution equivalent to an undersea span length may be determined—which is sufficient for wide area disturbances such as earthquakes. The returned signal is sufficiently strong such that the signal-to-noise ratio of a returned/received signal is not limited by the ASE noise of the amplifiers. The returned signal is much larger as compared to a normal distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) return signal since the return signal according to aspects of the present disclosure is directed backward via an optical coupler/reflector/circulator having a much larger coupling ratio as compared to normal Rayleigh back scattering utilized in DAS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA, INC
    Inventors: Fatih YAMAN, Yue-Kai HUANG, Ezra IP, Hussam BATSHON, Eduardo Mateo RODRIGUEZ, Kohei NAKAMURA, Takanori INOUE, Yoshihisa INADA
  • Publication number: 20220376784
    Abstract: In order to measure the signal quality of each of optical signals transmitted/received via a plurality of transmission lines, an optical communication system 1 is provided with a dummy light source 10 for outputting dummy light, a switching means 20 for outputting the dummy light to a first transmission line 40a, and a light-receiving means 30 for acquiring first signal quality from the dummy light received via the first transmission line 40a, the switching means 20 switching the output destination of the dummy light from the first transmission line 40a to a second transmission line 40b, and the light-receiving means 30 acquiring second signal quality from the dummy light received via the second transmission line 40b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Takanori INOUE
  • Patent number: 11467061
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure describe a method for estimating mode field distribution in optical fibers from guided acoustic-wave Brillouin scattering wherein light for which the optical mode-field distribution is determined remains in the optical fibers and the distribution is made for light inside the fiber, and not at a fiber/air interface or other perturbation points to the fiber resulting in a more accurate representation of the optical mode-field distribution in the fiber. Since light is always in the fiber during the determination, no complicated fiber preparation steps or procedures are required and the mode-field distribution is determined as an average distribution along the length of the fiber under test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Inventors: Fatih Yaman, Eduardo Mateo Rodriguez, Shinsuke Fujisawa, Hussam Batshon, Kohei Nakamura, Takanori Inoue, Yoshihisa Inada, Takaaki Ogata
  • Publication number: 20220308290
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure describe methods for reducing guided acoustic wave Brillouin (GAWBS) noise in an optical fiber that may be included in an optical communications system by reducing the polarization diffusion length of the fiber by increasing the birefringence of the optical fiber, the increased birefringence of the optical fiber being increased with respect to its average magnitude. Additionally, the polarization diffusion length is reduced by reducing the coherence length of birefringence of the optical fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicants: NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA, INC, NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Fatih YAMAN, Eduardo Mateo RODRIGUEZ, Hassam BATSHON, Shinsuke FUJISAWA, Kohei NAKAMURA, Takanori INOUE, Yoshihisa INADA