Patents by Inventor Takayuki Kanda

Takayuki Kanda 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: 20240351587
    Abstract: Information about a present position and a posture of an own vehicle for performing desired vehicle operation control is estimated with high accuracy even if the vehicle is not mounted with any satellite positioning sensor. This position estimation device includes: an information reception unit which receives surrounding environment information including first mobile object information including at least a position, an angle, and a speed of a mobile object and road information about a surrounding of the mobile object; a recognition unit which unifies pieces of the surrounding environment information so as to create unification environment information; and an information transmission unit which transmits the unification environment information including positional information about the mobile object to the mobile object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiki KANDA, Hiroshi YAMADA, Takayuki TANAKA, Kohei MORI, Nariaki TAKEHARA, Keisuke MORITA
  • Publication number: 20240308245
    Abstract: Provided is an inkjet printing apparatus, an inkjet printing method, and a storage medium capable of causing less density unevenness. To this end, in a case where an expected pause time is larger than a predetermined threshold T (s), a platen air blowing unit blows air to the surface of a printing medium on a platen at a wind speed lower than that during printing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: JUMPEI JOGO, YUJI KONNO, TAKESHI YAZAWA, MASAKI NITTA, HIDEHIKO KANDA, TAKAYUKI USHIYAMA, TAICHI YOKOKAWA
  • Patent number: 12072454
    Abstract: Provided are a scintillator and the like capable of improving emission intensity. A scintillator (S) comprises a sapphire substrate (6), a GaN layer (4) that is provided on the incident side to the sapphire substrate (6) and includes GaN, a quantum well structure (3) provided on the incident side to the GaN layer (4), and a conductive layer (2) provided on the incident side to the quantum well structure (3), wherein a plurality of emitting layers (21) including InGaN and a plurality of barrier layers (22) including GaN are alternatively stacked in the quantum well structure (3), and an oxygen-containing layer (23) including oxygen is provided between the quantum well structure (3) and the conductive layer (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin Imamura, Toshiaki Kusunoki, Eri Takahashi, Yoshifumi Sekiguchi, Takayuki Kanda
  • Publication number: 20220413169
    Abstract: Provided are a scintillator and the like capable of improving emission intensity. A scintillator (S) comprises a sapphire substrate (6), a GaN layer (4) that is provided on the incident side to the sapphire substrate (6) and includes GaN, a quantum well structure (3) provided on the incident side to the GaN layer (4), and a conductive layer (2) provided on the incident side to the quantum well structure (3), wherein a plurality of emitting layers (21) including InGaN and a plurality of barrier layers (22) including GaN are alternatively stacked in the quantum well structure (3), and an oxygen-containing layer (23) including oxygen is provided between the quantum well structure (3) and the conductive layer (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Shin IMAMURA, Toshiaki KUSUNOKI, Eri TAKAHASHI, Yoshifumi SEKIGUCHI, Takayuki KANDA
  • Publication number: 20220262040
    Abstract: The invention is to provide a microstructural image analysis device and a microstructural image analysis method capable of quantifying the relations in a plurality of regions included in a microstructural image. There is provided a microstructural image analysis device for analyzing a microstructural image. The microstructural image analysis device includes a region processing unit that extracts a first region and a second region from the microstructural image and expands the first region and the second region, an overlapping region extraction unit that extracts an overlapping region of both the first region and the second region each time the first region and the second region are expanded, and a persistence diagram generation unit that generates a persistence diagram based on a hole region generated and eliminated due to the overlapping region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventor: Takayuki KANDA
  • Patent number: 10964480
    Abstract: A capacitor module is provided which includes a plurality of capacitors, a capacitor case, and a sealing resin with which the capacitor case is filled to seal the capacitors in the capacitor case. The capacitor case includes inward-facing portions of an outer wall thereof each of which bulges or protrudes between every adjacent two of the capacitors. As viewed in a height-wise direction perpendicular both to a direction in which the inward-facing portions protrude and to a direction in which two of the capacitors adjacent each other across one of the inward-facing portions are aligned, the intervening inward-facing portion traverses a line segment passing through centers of the two adjacent capacitors. This structure minimizes thermal interference between the capacitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Kanda, Daigo Hamajima
  • Patent number: 10847290
    Abstract: To provide an R-T-B based sintered magnet having high Br and high HcJ while suppressing the content of Dy. Disclosed is an R-T-B based sintered magnet represented by the formula: uRwBxGayCuzAlqM(balance)T, where R is composed of light rare-earth element(s) RL and heavy rare-earth element(s) RH, RL is Nd and/or Pr, RH is Dy and/or Tb, T is Fe, and 10% by mass or less of Fe is capable of being replaced with Co, M is Nb and/or Zr, inevitable impurities being included, and u, w, x, y, z and q are expressed in terms of % by mass; RH accounts for 5% by mass or less of the R-T-B based sintered magnet, 0.4?x?1.0, 0.07?y?1.0, 0.05?z?0.5, 0?q?0.1, and 0.100?y/(x+y)?0.340; v=u?(6?+10?+8?), where the amount of oxygen (% by mass) is ?, the amount of nitrogen (% by mass) is ?, and the amount of carbon (% by mass) is ?; and v and w satisfy the following inequality expressions: v?32.0, 0.84?w?0.93, and ?12.5w+38.75?v??62.5w+86.125.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Nishiuchi, Takayuki Kanda, Rintaro Ishii, Futoshi Kuniyoshi, Teppei Satoh
  • Publication number: 20190198246
    Abstract: A capacitor module is provided which includes a plurality of capacitors, a capacitor case, and a sealing resin with which the capacitor case is filled to seal the capacitors in the capacitor case. The capacitor case includes inward-facing portions of an outer wall thereof each of which bulges or protrudes between every adjacent two of the capacitors. As viewed in a height-wise direction perpendicular both to a direction in which the inward-facing portions protrude and to a direction in which two of the capacitors adjacent each other across one of the inward-facing portions are aligned, the intervening inward-facing portion traverses a line segment passing through centers of the two adjacent capacitors. This structure minimizes thermal interference between the capacitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki KANDA, Daigo HAMAJIMA
  • Patent number: 9517559
    Abstract: A robot control system detects a position and a direction of each user by a plurality of range image sensors provided in an exhibition hall. A central controller records an inspection action after a user attends the exhibition hall until the user leaves to generate an inspection action table. When the user attends again, the central controller reads a history of inspection action from the inspection action table. Then, the central controller chooses from an utterance content table an utterance content containing a phrase that mentions the inspection action included in the history at a time of last time attendance, determines the utterance content, and makes a robot output the determined utterance content to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Kawabe, Taro Yokoyama, Takayuki Kanda, Satoru Satake, Takamasa Iio, Kotaro Hayashi, Florent Ferreri
  • Publication number: 20160348270
    Abstract: A crucible provided with a holding section (12) for holding a raw material (20), an initial distillate recovery section (14) for recovering an initial distillate (24) when the raw material (20) held in the holding section (12) has been vaporized, a main distillate condensing section (16) for condensing a main distillate when the raw material (20) held in the holding section (12) has been vaporized, and a crystal growing section (18) for holding the main distillate (30) comprising a raw material melt (28) condensed by the main distillate condensing section (16) and producing crystals when crystals are grown from the held main distillate (30) is used as a crucible (10) for crystal growth used to grow crystals. This makes it possible to raise the efficiency of manufacturing crystals while achieving high purification of a raw material for semiconductor crystals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Takayuki KANDA, Shinya KOMINAMI, Yuichiro UENO, Takafumi ISHITSU, Tomoyuki SEINO, Isao TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20160189838
    Abstract: To provide an R-T-B based sintered magnet having high Br and high HcJ while suppressing the content of Dy. Disclosed is an R-T-B based sintered magnet represented by the formula: uRwBxGayCuzAlqM(balance)T, where R is composed of light rare-earth element(s) RL and heavy rare-earth element(s) RH, RL is Nd and/or Pr, RH is Dy and/or Tb, T is Fe, and 10% by mass or less of Fe is capable of being replaced with Co, M is Nb and/or Zr, inevitable impurities being included, and u, w, x, y, z and q are expressed in terms of % by mass; RH accounts for 5% by mass or less of the R-T-B based sintered magnet, 0.4?x?1.0, 0.07?y?1.0, 0.05?z?0.5, 0?q?0.1, and 0.100?y/(x+y)?0.340; v=u?(6?+10?+8?), where the amount of oxygen (% by mass) is ?, the amount of nitrogen (% by mass) is ?, and the amount of carbon (% by mass) is ?; and v and w satisfy the following inequality expressions: v?32.0, 0.84?w?0.93, and ?12.5w+38.75?v??62.5w+86.125.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi NISHIUCHI, Takayuki KANDA, Rintaro ISHII, Futoshi KUNIYOSHI, Teppei SATOH
  • Patent number: 9373432
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an alcoholic solvent, in which FeCo-based particles becoming a soft magnet are improved, for enhancing properties of a magnetic material using no heavy rare earth elements, and is to provide a sintered magnet produced by using it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuo Abe, Yuichi Satsu, Matahiro Komuro, Takayuki Kanda
  • Publication number: 20150094851
    Abstract: A robot control system detects a position and a direction of each user by a plurality of range image sensors provided in an exhibition hall. A central controller records an inspection action after a user attends the exhibition hall until the user leaves to generate an inspection action table. When the user attends again, the central controller reads a history of inspection action from the inspection action table. Then, the central controller chooses from an utterance content table an utterance content containing a phrase that mentions the inspection action included in the history at a time of last time attendance, determines the utterance content, and makes a robot output the determined utterance content to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Kawabe, Taro Yokoyama, Takayuki Kanda, Satoru Satake, Takamasa Iio, Kotaro Hayashi, Florent Ferreri
  • Patent number: 8821649
    Abstract: Characteristics of a magnetic material are improved without using a heavy rare earth element as a scarce resource. By incorporating fluorine into a magnetic powder and controlling the crystal orientation in crystal grains, a magnetic material securing magnetic characteristics such as coercive force and residual flux density can be fabricated. As a result, the resource problem with heavy rare earth elements can be solved, and the magnetic material can be applied to magnetic circuits that require a high energy product, including various rotating machines and voice coil motors of hard discs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Kanda, Matahiro Komuro, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Yuichi Satsu
  • Publication number: 20110240909
    Abstract: Characteristics of a magnetic material are improved without using a heavy rare earth element as a scarce resource. By incorporating fluorine into a magnetic powder and controlling the crystal orientation in crystal grains, a magnetic material securing magnetic characteristics such as coercive force and residual flux density can be fabricated. As a result, the resource problem with heavy rare earth elements can be solved, and the magnetic material can be applied to magnetic circuits that require a high energy product, including various rotating machines and voice coil motors of hard discs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Takayuki KANDA, Matahiro Komuro, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Yuichi Satsu
  • Publication number: 20110195552
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a transistor. A gate insulating film of the transistor contains oxygen and nitrogen atoms. The gate insulating film does not contain the nitrogen atoms in a first face thereof being in a contact with the semiconductor layer, and in a second face thereof being in a contact with the gate electrode. A concentration peak of the nitrogen atoms appears between the first and second faces in the gate insulating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: ELPIDA MEMORY, INC.
    Inventor: Takayuki KANDA
  • Publication number: 20110003467
    Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device includes the following processes. A nitrogen-diffusion region is selectively formed in a semiconductor substrate having first and second regions. The nitrogen-diffusion region is at a shallow level of the first region. A first heat treatment is carried out to form a first oxide layer over the semiconductor substrate. The first oxide layer includes first and second portions. The first portion is in the first region. The second portion is in the second region. The first portion is thinner than the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: Elpida Memory, Inc.
    Inventor: Takayuki KANDA
  • Patent number: 7737048
    Abstract: A method for forming an oxide film includes a first in-situ steam generation (ISSG) process using a 1%-H2 concentration in the ambient gas and a subsequent second ISSG process using a 5%-H2 concentration in the ambient gas, wherein the second ISSG process compensates an in-plane thickness distribution of the film formed by the first ISSG process. The time length for the first and second ISSG steps is determined based on a desired film thickness, a time length dependency of a film formed by the second ISSG process, and the oxidation rate of the first and second ISSG processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Elpida Memory, Inc.
    Inventor: Takayuki Kanda
  • Patent number: 7689319
    Abstract: A communication robot control system displays a selection input screen for supporting input of actions of a communication robot. The selection input screen displays in a user-selectable manner a list of a plurality of behaviors including not only spontaneous actions but also reactive motions (reflex behaviors) in response to behavior of a person as a communication partner, and a list of emotional expressions to be added to the behaviors. According to a user's operation, the behavior and the emotional expression to be performed by the communication robot are selected and decided. Then, reproductive motion information for interactive actions including reactive motions and emotional interactive actions, is generated based on input history of the behavior and the emotional expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International
    Inventors: Takayuki Kanda, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Takahiro Miyashita, Kiyoshi Kogure
  • Patent number: 7592137
    Abstract: A deletion in the end region of the long arm of a Chromosome 9 is efficiently detected. A genetic testing kit of bladder cancer according to the present invention includes a primer allowing for efficient amplification of a region containing a site of genetic polymorphism present in the ABO blood group gene of Chromosome 9. In the site of genetic polymorphism present in the ABO blood group gene, the frequency of heterozygote (heterozygosity) in the population is extremely high. Therefore, by detecting LOH using a polymorphic site present in the ABO blood group gene, it is possible to reliably detect a deletion near the polymorphic site, in other words, a deletion near the end of the long arm of Chromosome 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignees: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation, Tochigi Prefectural Office
    Inventors: Koshi Maeda, Shinichi Fukuzono, Takayuki Kanda, Kokichi Sugano