Patents by Inventor Takashi Nakamura

Takashi Nakamura 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: 20240180454
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection device includes: a base member having a first principal surface; a detection area provided to the first principal surface; a sensor including a plurality of photodiodes; gate lines; signal lines; and a light emission device. The light emission device includes light sources. A lit area in which the light emission device is lit up is a portion of the detection area overlapping the light sources. A portion of the detection area not overlapping the lit area is an unlit area in which the light emission device is not lit up. Photodiodes that overlap the unlit area are selected from among the photodiodes, and amounts of light received by the selected photodiodes are read.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Kento HIMOTO, Takashi NAKAMURA, Gen KOIDE
  • Publication number: 20240180455
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a transcutaneous muscle oxygen saturation detection device includes: a light source configured to emit light into a body; and a first light detector and a second light detector that are configured to detect reflected light reflected in the body. The second light detector is circumferentially displaced about the light source from a first imaginary line connecting the light source to the first light detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yasushi TOMIOKA, Akio TAKIMOTO, Hirofumi KATO, Takashi NAKAMURA, Chiharu KABURAGI, Hiroyuki KIMURA, Miharu MATSUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20240181305
    Abstract: A face portion of a head includes a striking face constituting an outer surface of the face portion, a face inner surface constituting an inner surface of the face portion, and a face thickness. The striking face includes a face center. The face portion includes: a face central thin-wall section including the face center; a toe thick-wall section thicker than the face central thin-wall section, positioned spaced 8 mm or more apart from the face center toward a toe side, and extending in an up-down direction; and a heel thick-wall section thicker than the face central thin-wall section, positioned spaced 8 mm or more apart from the face center toward a heel side, and extending in the up-down direction. The toe thick-wall section and the heel thick-wall section extend to a position that does not reach an outer edge of the face portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20240170602
    Abstract: A detection device according to an aspect includes: a sensor base; a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements that are provided in a detection area of the sensor base and are configured to receive light incident thereon and output signals corresponding to the received light; a plurality of switching elements provided in the respective photoelectric conversion elements; a plurality of gate lines that are coupled to the switching elements and extend in a first direction; a first light source configured to emit first light having a first maximum emission wavelength; and a second light source configured to emit second light having a second maximum emission wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Hirofumi KATO, Takanori TSUNASHIMA, Makoto UCHIDA, Takashi NAKAMURA, Akio TAKIMOTO, Takao SOMEYA, Tomoyuki YOKOTA
  • Patent number: 11989270
    Abstract: A detection device includes an input unit configured to receive an operation of a user, and a sensor provided in the input unit and configured to detect biological information of the user when the user operates the input unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro Tada, Takashi Nakamura, Akio Takimoto
  • Patent number: 11981693
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of general formula (I) (wherein R1, R2, and R3 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl and X is an alkali metal cation, ammonium cation, or quaternary ammonium cation). This compound is highly soluble in water, and solutions thereof need not be neutralized when administered to the living body. The compound is useful as a medicine, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Asai Germanium Research Institute Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Nakamura, Katsuyuki Sato, Yasuhiro Shimada
  • Patent number: 11969841
    Abstract: A transport system includes a transport path having at least two transporting modules, a carriage configured to move on the transport path, a controller provided on each of the two transporting modules and configured to drive the carriage in response to a drive command, and a sensor provided on each of the two transporting modules. The drive command is corrected with a distance between the sensors provided on the two transporting modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Nakamura, Hidetada Narahara, Shinichiro Takahama
  • Patent number: 11972071
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lateral-electric-field liquid crystal display device includes a light-emitting display layer including OLEDs and a driving circuit controlling light emission of the OLEDs, a moisture impermeable film provided to be laminated on the light-emitting display layer to prevent infiltration of moisture into the light-emitting display layer, an optical substrate provided separately from the moisture impermeable film and subjecting light from the light-emitting display region to optical processing, a first touch electrode group serving as one electrode group of touch electrodes and provided on a back surface of the optical substrate, and an extraction electrode group formed to be laminated on the moisture impermeable film, the extraction electrode group and the optical substrate have an overlapping part in plan view, and electrodes of the first touch electrode group being electrically connected to electrodes of the extraction electrode group in the overlapping part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiro Aoki, Takashi Nakamura, Masahiro Tada, Hirotaka Hayashi, Makoto Shibusawa, Yutaka Umeda, Miyuki Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11968347
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising: a decision unit configured to decide a first color mapping method to a print color gamut for a first partial original based on a pixel value included in the first partial original and the print color gamut of a print unit and decide a second color mapping method to a print color gamut for a second partial original based on a pixel value included in the second partial original and the print color gamut of the print unit; and a color conversion unit configured to perform color conversion of the first partial original by the first color mapping method decided, and perform color conversion of the second partial original by the second color mapping method decided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akitoshi Yamada, Kentaro Yano, Akihiko Nakatani, Takashi Nakamura, Hidetsugu Kagawa, Kouta Murasawa
  • Publication number: 20240128481
    Abstract: A gasket member for a solid polymer fuel cell, the gasket member including at least a laminate provided with a base material layer, and an adhesion layer positioned on both sides of the base material layer, wherein the laminate has a percentage retention of elongation at break of at least 60% after being left for 300 hours in 120° C. water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazufumi KODANI, Tsubasa KAGATA, Atsuko TAKAHAGI, Masayasu YAMAZAKI, Yoshiko KIYOHARA, Takashi NAKAMURA, Naoto TABUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240106964
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus obtains image data that is defined as a first color gamut, transforms the image data into image data that is defined as a second color gamut, using color transformation information, and when, as a result of transformation, a first pair of color values included in the image data is transformed into a second pair of color values that have a color difference that is not perceived as different colors, generates second color transformation information such that the first pair of color values is transformed into a third pair of color values that have a color difference that is perceived as different colors as a result of transformation using the second color transformation information. A saturation difference of the third pair of color values is larger than a saturation difference of the second pair of color values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: TAKASHI NAKAMURA, KOUTA MURASAWA, AKITOSHI YAMADA, AKIHIKO NAKATANI, HIDETSUGU KAGAWA
  • Patent number: 11942074
    Abstract: A learning data acquisition device or the like, capable of acquiring learning data by superimposing noise data on clean voice data at an appropriate SN ratio, is provided. The learning data acquisition device includes a voice recognition influence degree calculation unit and a learning data acquisition unit. The voice recognition influence degree calculation unit calculates an influence degree on voice recognition accuracy caused by a change of a signal-to-noise ratio, based on a result of voice recognition on the kth noise superimposed voice data and a result of voice recognition on the k?1th noise superimposed voice data, where K is an integer of 2 or larger, k=2, 3, . . .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaaki Fukutomi, Takashi Nakamura, Kiyoaki Matsui
  • Publication number: 20240071128
    Abstract: A detection device includes a plurality of optical sensors arranged in a detection area, a light source configured to emit light that is emitted to an object to be detected and is detected by the optical sensors, and a processor configured to perform processing based on outputs from the optical sensors. The processor is configured to determine, based on the outputs of the respective optical sensors obtained at a cycle of a predetermined period, an optical sensor an output of which is to be employed from among the optical sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Hirofumi KATO, Makoto UCHIDA, Takanori TSUNASHIMA, Takashi NAKAMURA, Akio TAKIMOTO, Takao SOMEYA, Tomoyuki YOKOTA
  • Patent number: 11908229
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a biometric authentication device includes a sensor and an illumination device. The sensor includes a first base material, a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and a first control unit. The illumination device includes a second base material, a plurality of light emitting elements and a second control unit. Upon lighting the light emitting element at a predetermined position in the groups of the light emitting elements by the second control unit, the first control unit controls the operation of the photoelectric conversion elements so as to acquire a signal from the photoelectric conversion elements at predetermined positions of the groups of the photoelectric conversion elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhide Mochizuki, Takashi Nakamura, Atsunori Oyama
  • Publication number: 20240050477
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lipid nanoparticle and the like containing a pH-sensitive cationic lipid represented by formula (1) (in formula (1), R1 and R2 are each independently a straight-chain C10-14 alkyl group, a straight-chain C10-20 alkenyl group having one or two unsaturated bonds, or —CH(R5)(R6)(where R5 and R6 are each independently a straight-chain C5-10 alkyl group); p represents an integer of 3-8; and R3 and R4 are each independently a methyl group or an ethyl group].
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Takashi Nakamura, Hideyoshi Harashima, Yusuke Sato, Koharu Yamada, Taisei Nakade
  • Patent number: 11888080
    Abstract: A detection device is provided. The detection device includes a sensor base; a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements that are provided in a detection area of the sensor base and are configured to receive light incident thereon and output signals corresponding to the received light; a plurality of switching elements provided in the respective photoelectric conversion elements; a plurality of gate lines that are coupled to the switching elements and extend in a first direction; a first light source configured to emit first light having a first maximum emission wavelength; and a second light source configured to emit second light having a second maximum emission wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Kato, Takanori Tsunashima, Makoto Uchida, Takashi Nakamura, Akio Takimoto, Takao Someya, Tomoyuki Yokota
  • Patent number: 11883789
    Abstract: A microwave heating method using a microwave, including: controlling a frequency of the microwave, to form a single-mode standing wave; disposing an object to be heated in a magnetic field region where a strength of a magnetic field formed by the single-mode standing wave is uniform and maximum; and heating the object to be heated by magnetic heat generation by magnetic loss caused by an action of the magnetic field of the magnetic field region, and/or induction heating by an induced current generated in the object to be heated due to the magnetic field of the magnetic field region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yuichi Watanabe, Sei Uemura, Masateru Nishioka, Masato Miyakawa, Takashi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20240013507
    Abstract: If a correction unit corrects a conversion unit configured to convert a color gamut of input image data into a color gamut of a device configured to output the image data, a generation unit generates image data having undergone color gamut conversion from the input image data using the corrected conversion unit. In the image data having undergone the color gamut conversion by the corrected conversion unit, a color difference in the image data having undergone the color gamut conversion by the conversion unit is expanded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: KOUTA MURASAWA, TAKASHI NAKAMURA, HIDETSUGU KAGAWA, AKIHIKO NAKATANI, AKITOSHI YAMADA, KENTARO YANO
  • Publication number: 20240013798
    Abstract: A conversion device (10) includes: an evaluation unit (11) that estimates which one of subjective evaluation values obtained by quantifying easiness of transmission of a content of a voice felt by a person is to be taken from an input voice signal; and a conversion unit (12) that converts the input voice signal so as to obtain a subjective evaluation value of a predetermined value on the basis of the subjective evaluation value estimated by the evaluation unit (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunori YAMADA, Ko MITSUDA, Tetsuya KINEBUCHI, Yushi AONO, Hiroko YABUSHITA, Akihiko TAKASHIMA, Takashi NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 11867853
    Abstract: A neutron detector having high sensitivity of detection for low energy neutrons is provided. The neutron detector 10 includes a detecting element including a Si semiconductor layer 2, a first electrode 1 formed on one main surface of the Si semiconductor layer 2 and a second electrode 4 formed on the other main surface of the Si semiconductor layer 2, in which the Si semiconductor layer 2 includes a P-type impurity region 2a in contact with the second electrode 4 and an N-type impurity region 2b in contact with the first electrode 1; and a radiator 8 arranged to face the first electrode 1. In addition, a personal dosemeter and a neutron fluence monitor including the same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD., TAKASHI NAKAMURA
    Inventors: Kei Aoyama, Yohei Abe, Tomoya Nunomiya, Masataka Narita, Takashi Nakamura