Patents by Inventor Takashi Kojima

Takashi Kojima 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: 12236761
    Abstract: A monitoring system according to the present disclosure includes a cable (20) comprising an optical fiber, a reception unit (31) configured to receive an optical signal including a pattern corresponding to a state of a monitoring target (10) from at least one optical fiber included in the cable (20) and to detect the pattern from the received optical signal, and a control unit (32) configured to detect the state of the monitoring target (10) based on the pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Kojima
  • Publication number: 20250063839
    Abstract: The present technique relates to an imaging device and an electronic device that can further suppress the occurrence of white spots and dark current. The imaging device includes: a photoelectric conversion region including a first semiconductor region containing a first impurity and a second semiconductor region containing a second impurity; and a layer region including at least a first layer containing a high concentration of the first impurity and a second layer made of a predetermined material on a light incident surface side of the photoelectric conversion region. The imaging device further includes a pixel array part including the photoelectric conversion region disposed therein in an array form; and a pixel peripheral part including a processing unit that is disposed therein and processes a signal from the pixel array part. The pixel peripheral part is provided with a layer region not including the first layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: ISAYA KITAMURA, YUKI MIYANAMI, CHIGUSA YAMANE, TORU MARUYAMA, TAKASHI KOJIMA
  • Patent number: 12230840
    Abstract: A power storage module includes: a stack in which a plurality of power storage cells are stacked in a stacking direction; a resin plate placed on the stack of the plurality of power storage cells; a flexible printed circuit board placed on the resin plate and having an electric circuit electrically connected to the plurality of power storage cells; and a cover member provided on the resin plate so as to cover the flexible printed circuit board. The resin plate includes a projection that extends through the flexible printed circuit board. The cover member includes a tubular protrusion that protrudes toward the flexible printed circuit board on the resin plate. The projection is accommodated in an inner periphery of the tubular protrusion. The tubular protrusion is in abutment with the flexible printed circuit board at a position to avoid the electric circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Inamura, Yasumasa Kojima, Takatoshi Kageyama
  • Patent number: 12230771
    Abstract: A power storage module includes: a stack in which a plurality of power storage cells are stacked in a stacking direction; a resin plate having a bottom surface portion and placed on the stack of the plurality of power storage cells; a flexible printed circuit board placed on the bottom surface portion of the resin plate and having an electric circuit electrically connected to the plurality of power storage cells; a connector for the electric circuit, the connector being fixed to the flexible printed circuit board; and a substrate that supports the flexible printed circuit board and the connector, the substrate being fixed to the resin plate with the substrate being positioned in an extending direction of the bottom surface portion of the resin plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Inamura, Yasumasa Kojima, Takatoshi Kageyama
  • Patent number: 12222248
    Abstract: A detection system according to the present disclosure includes an optical fiber (10) configured to detect environment information, an acquisition unit (21) configured to acquire the environment information included in an optical signal received from the optical fiber (10), and a detection unit (22) configured to detect an event in the vicinity of the optical fiber (10) on the basis of a first environment pattern based on environment information acquired from an optical signal associated to a first period and a second environment pattern based on environment information acquired from an optical signal associated to a second period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Kojima
  • Patent number: 12216404
    Abstract: An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a photoacid generator A that generates an acid represented by General Formula (I), the acid having a pKa of ?1.00 or more; one or more selected from the group consisting of a photoacid generator B that generates an acid having a pKa larger than that of an acid generated from the photoacid generator A by 1.00 or more, and a nitrogen-containing compound C having a pKa of a conjugate acid thereof larger than that of the acid generated from the photoacid generator A by 1.00 or more; and an acid-decomposable resin, in which in a case where the actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a photoacid generator D that generates an acid having a pKa of less than ?1.00, a ratio of the number of moles of the photoacid generator A to the number of moles of the photoacid generator D in the composition, is 1.0 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masafumi Kojima, Minoru Uemura, Takashi Kawashima, Akiyoshi Goto, Kei Yamamoto, Kazuhiro Marumo, Keiyu Ou
  • Patent number: 12181336
    Abstract: An optical fiber sensing system according to the present disclosure includes an optical fiber (10A) configured to detect a vibration in underground, an acquisition unit (21) configured to acquire, from the optical fiber (10A), an optical signal on which the vibration detected by the optical fiber (10A) is superimposed, and an identifying unit (22) configured to identify a suspicious action in the underground based on a vibration pattern included in the optical signal acquired by the acquisition unit (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Kojima
  • Patent number: 12146786
    Abstract: An optical fiber sensing system that includes an optical fiber provided in a monitor area, a detection unit that detects an anomaly that has occurred in the monitor area and identifies a location on the optical fiber where the anomaly is detected, based on a vibration pattern included in an optical signal received from the optical fiber, and a control unit that displays an arrangement situation of the optical fiber in an overlapping manner on a map of the monitor area, displays a mark indicating a location on the optical fiber where the anomaly is detected, in an overlapping manner on the map of the monitor area, and displays information indicating a detail of the anomaly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Kojima
  • Patent number: 12134567
    Abstract: Provided are a ferrite powder that suppresses decreases in saturation magnetization and decreases in filler filling ratio and also suppresses inhibition of resin curing, and a method for producing the same. A ferrite powder composed of spherical ferrite particles, wherein the ferrite powder contains iron (Fe) 54.0-70.0 mass % and manganese (Mn) 3.5-18.5 mass %, has an average volume particle size of 2.0-20.0 ?m, and has a carbon content of 0.100 mass % or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: POWDERTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kojima, Koji Aga
  • Publication number: 20240361836
    Abstract: An alert display system includes at least one processor. The at least one processor displays an alert on a display device of a user terminal, detects the line of sight of a user of the user terminal, acquires user viewpoint coordinates on the display device, and changes a display form of the alert on the basis of the viewpoint coordinates and area coordinates of the alert on the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: DWANGO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi KOJIMA, Yuri ODAGIRI, Akihiko KOIZUKA
  • Patent number: 12120403
    Abstract: To provide a content generating device, content streaming server, content generating method, and content generating program for generating highly interesting video content. A content generating device according to an embodiment comprises: an acquiring portion for requesting, from an accumulating portion that accumulates a plurality of video data, video data that satisfies a prescribed condition, to acquire a plurality of video data that satisfies the condition; a starting frame identifying portion for identifying starting frames wherein prescribed actions start, in the video playback of the plurality of video data acquired by the acquiring portion; and a generating portion for generating multi-video data by combining a plurality of video data with the timings of the identified starting frames synchronized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: DWANGO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kojima, Kazuomi Niwa
  • Patent number: 12119151
    Abstract: Provided are a ferrite powder capable of maintaining a high withstand voltage even when used in a resin composition having high magnetic properties and electrical resistivity and a high filling ratio, and a method for producing the same. A ferrite powder composed of spherical ferrite particles, wherein the ferrite powder contains iron (Fe): 55.0-70.0 mass % and manganese (Mn): 3.5-18.5 mass %, the ferrite powder containing more than 0.0 mass % to 7.5 mass % ?-Fe2O3, and the ferrite powder has a volume average particle size (D50) of 15.0 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: POWDERTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Aga, Takashi Kojima, Takao Sugiura, Sho Kuwahara, Satomi Konno, Tadashi Tsuduki
  • Publication number: 20240333902
    Abstract: The present disclosure causes live content to be drawn on the basis of specification data on a virtual object, operation data on the virtual object, and the like, and causes the drawn content to be provided for viewing reproduction on a terminal for viewing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: DWANGO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuo KAWAKAMI, Shinnosuke IWAKI, Takashi KOJIMA, Hiroaki SAITO
  • Patent number: 12104946
    Abstract: An optical fiber sensing system according to the present disclosure includes: a cable (20) including optical fibers; a reception unit (31) configured to receive, from at least one optical fiber included in the cable (20), an optical signal on which a vibration detected in each of a plurality of locations on the cable (20) is superimposed; and an action specifying unit (32) configured to specify, based on the optical signal, a location on the cable (20) in which the vibration has been detected and specify an action of a target to be monitored which has caused the vibration, in which the action specifying unit (32) specifies a detection pattern that is used to specify the action of the target to be monitored depending on the environment of the location on the cable (20) in which the vibration has been detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Kojima
  • Patent number: 12087328
    Abstract: A posting server including a storage unit that stores, for each moving image posting service, delivery policy information based on the characteristics of the moving image posting service; a reception unit that receives an original moving image; an editing unit that uses the delivery policy information for each moving image posting service, edits the original moving images with content that differs among the moving image posting services, and generates a posted moving image for each moving image posting service; and a posting unit that posts the posted moving image to each of the moving image posting services. The editing unit 12 applies screen effects or acoustic effects in conformance with characteristics of each of the moving image posting services, and generates a posted moving image for each of the moving image posting services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: DWANGO Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kojima, Kazuomi Niwa
  • Patent number: 12081673
    Abstract: A system which performs both identification and authentication of a user ID at the same time with only one step of inputting a one-time password without the need of step of inputting a user ID is provided. A one-time password deriving rule for generating a one-time password by being applied to pattern elements at specific positions in a case where a plurality of pattern elements arranged in a predetermined pattern are presented to a user who is to be authenticated as a presentation pattern is set as a password of the user, and the user is authenticated on the basis of a character string for authentication in which a user ID is embedded at a predetermined embedding position within the one-time password.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: CSE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Kojima
  • Publication number: 20240282793
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device and an electronic apparatus each capable of improving characteristics without causing processing damage. The solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array unit that includes a plurality of pixels. The pixel array unit includes a color filter layer that includes color filters, a photoelectric conversion layer that includes photoelectric conversion units, an oxide film layer formed between the color filter layer and the photoelectric conversion layer, and a low refractive index wall that includes a material having a lower refractive index than that of the color filters and that is formed between pixels from an end of the color filter layer on the side opposite to the oxide film layer to an intermediate position in the oxide film layer. The present technology is applicable to a CMOS image sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: MIZUKI HOYANO, HIROMASA SAITO, SEIKI TAKAHASHI, TAKASHI KOJIMA
  • Patent number: 12041218
    Abstract: The present disclosure causes live content to be drawn on the basis of specification data on a virtual object, operation data on the virtual object, and the like, and causes the drawn content to be provided for viewing reproduction on a terminal for viewing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: DWANGO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuo Kawakami, Shinnosuke Iwaki, Takashi Kojima, Hiroaki Saito
  • Patent number: 12027893
    Abstract: A power supply device includes: a first high-voltage line for exchanging the electric power externally; a second high-voltage line for applying current flowing in a direction opposite to the first high-voltage line; a plurality of batteries; a plurality of SUs, the SUs being provided corresponding to the respective batteries, switching a connection state of the batteries to the first high-voltage line, and being disposed in a circle; and an SCU that controls the SUs. The SU can switch between a first state in which the battery corresponding to the SU is connected in series to the first high-voltage line and a second state in which the battery is not connected to the first high-voltage line. The SCU controls the SUs to switch to the first state or the second state in accordance with a voltage of the electric power to be charged and discharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Junta Izumi, Kenji Kimura, Masakazu Habu, Hiroshi Tsukada, Atsuhiro Takahashi, Takashi Kojima, Shuji Tomura, Kazuo Ootsuka, Naoki Yanagizawa, Kyosuke Tanemura
  • Patent number: 12028560
    Abstract: A content correction device, a content delivery server, a content correction method, and a recording medium for correcting a portion of content that requires complaint resolution without impairing quality or enjoyability. The content correction device includes: an acquisition unit acquiring complaint information; a specification unit acquiring the data of content that requires complaint resolution from a storage unit where the data of a plurality of delivered content is stored and specifying a relevant correction period in the time line of the content that requires complaint resolution, in which period the complaint to be resolved is included; and a corrected content generation unit acquiring from the storage unit the data of first content correcting the relevant correction period, generating, using at least a portion of the first content, second content that does not contain the complaint to be resolved, and storing the data of the second content in the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: DWANGO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Kojima, Kazuomi Niwa