Patents by Inventor Takayuki Kuroda
Takayuki Kuroda 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).
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Publication number: 20250238576Abstract: An automated system design device includes: a means for accepting a system requirement; and a means for deriving a concrete system configuration by applying a predefined concretization pattern for each configuration element based on the system requirement, wherein the means for deriving a system configuration in a case where the multi-element is a single configuration element that represents a plurality of configuration elements of a same type, in concretizing the multi-element, advances the concretization of the multi-element without decomposing it into individual configuration elements to thereby design a redundant system configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2025Publication date: July 24, 2025Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Toshiki WATANABE, Takayuki KURODA, Satoshi AKABORI
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Publication number: 20250209235Abstract: A system configuration derivation device calculates a recovery cost required for recovery of a structure derived from an expected configuration of an entity having as a type a constituent component model based on information on a recovery model and the expected configuration; constructs a global state model representing an operation model relating to failure recovery of the abstract configuration; verifies whether the global state model satisfies the recovery time requirement; and generates an abstract configuration that embodies the functional requirement using a mechanism for gradually embodying the abstract configuration as a possible system configuration candidate, and derives a system configuration that simultaneously satisfies the functional requirement and the recovery time requirement by eliminating the candidates that do not satisfy the recovery time requirement.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2024Publication date: June 26, 2025Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Takuya KUWAHARA, Toshiki WATANABE, Takayuki KURODA
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Publication number: 20250173160Abstract: A system operation planning device generates, based on abstract requirements that are information indicating requirements to be satisfied by a target system as a system to be operated, specific requirements that are information indicating requirements to be satisfied by the target system, the specific requirements including information indicating values of each of a plurality of values of a variable factor included in a variable factor range, the information including information indicating a variable factor range as a range of values allowed for a variable factor to take during operation of the target system, the value of the variable factor being a value varying during the operation of the target system and having a correlation with an operation status of the target system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2022Publication date: May 29, 2025Applicant: NEC CorporationInventor: Takayuki KURODA
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Publication number: 20250127788Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound exhibiting coronavirus proliferation inhibitory activity. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound represented by the formula: wherein Y is N; R1 is substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclyl; R2 is substituted or unsubstituted 6-membered aromatic carbocyclyl; R3 is substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclyl; —X— is —NH—; m is 0 or 1; R5a is a hydrogen atom; R5b is a hydrogen atom; n is 1; R4a is a hydrogen atom; and R4b is a hydrogen atom, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2022Publication date: April 24, 2025Applicants: Shionogi & Co., Ltd., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITYInventors: Yuki TACHIBANA, Shota UEHARA, Yuto UNOH, Kenji NAKAHARA, Yoshiyuki TAODA, Koji KASAMATSU, Yukiko YAMATSU, Shigeru ANDO, Keita FUKAO, Haruaki NOBORI, Takayuki KURODA, Shinsuke TOBA, Kentaro UEMURA, Yuki MARUYAMA, Michihito SASAKI, Hirofumi SAWA
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Patent number: 12269249Abstract: In the phenolic resin foam laminate board (10), a surface material (2) is arranged on at least one of one side of a phenolic resin foam (1) and the back side of the one side. The phenolic resin foam (1) has a density of not less than 22 kg/m3 and not more than 50 kg/m3, a cell diameter of not less than 50 ?m and not more than 170 ?m, and a closed cell ratio of not less than 80%. When HCFO-1224yd(Z), aliphatic hydrocarbons having a carbon number of 6 or less, chlorinated saturated hydrocarbons having a carbon number of 5 or less, and hydrofluoroolefin are gas components, the phenolic resin foam contains only HCFO-1224yd (Z) as a gas component. A cell internal pressure of air bubble is 0.20 atm or more.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: Asahi Kasei Construction Materials CorporationInventors: Nobuki Hiramatsu, Hisashi Mihori, Takayuki Kuroda
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Publication number: 20250099474Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition containing a coronavirus 3CL protease inhibitor for treating novel coronavirus infections (COVID-19). A pharmaceutical composition for treating novel coronavirus infections (COVID-19) is provided, the composition containing, as an active ingredient, a complex that contains: a compound represented by Formula (I): and fumaric acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2023Publication date: March 27, 2025Applicant: Shionogi & Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryosuke SHIMIZU, Yumiko MATSUO, Takahiro FUKUHARA, Keita FUKAO, Takayuki KURODA, Haruaki NOBORI, Toru ISHIBASHI
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Publication number: 20250103727Abstract: An automated system design apparatus provided with configuration proposal generator generates a configuration proposal for a system concretized from abstract requirements for the system; facet model generator concretizes a model relating to a feature, the feature being required in the system from a facet other than a configuration of the system; and evaluator generates information required for evaluation of the configuration proposal based on the concretized model, and for evaluating the configuration proposal based on the information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Takayuki KURODA, Toshiki WATANABE, Takuya KUWAHARA, Ryosuke HOTCHI
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Publication number: 20250086362Abstract: A system configuration evaluation apparatus includes: a configuration evaluation unit configured to output, using a learning model, evaluation values of configuration elements of a computer system, and further output an evaluation value of the entire computer system obtained by integrating the output evaluation values; and a configuration element learning unit configured to trial design of the computer system based on preset requirements, determine, with respect to configurations obtained throughout the designing from start to finish, whether or not configuration elements included in the configurations are concretized according to the requirements, generate training data for the learning model based on a determination result, and execute machine learning on the learning model using the generated training data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Yutaka YAKUWA, Takayuki KURODA
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Patent number: 12217581Abstract: The present disclosure provides a medium processing apparatus, including: a housing provided with a surface facing a customer operating the medium processing apparatus; and a rolled coin device housed in the housing and configured to process rolled coins formed by bundling a plurality of loose coins. The surface of the housing includes a designated area located in a height range conforming to Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standard with respect to a height direction of the medium processing apparatus, and a rolled coin dispensing port of the rolled coin device for dispensing the rolled coins is arranged in the designated area.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2023Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Glory Ltd.Inventors: Hirofumi Tougo, Kazuhiko Takahashi, Kenta Takahashi, Takayuki Kuroda, Tomohiro Yokoo
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Publication number: 20250013550Abstract: A system design device estimates a probability distribution of values of evaluation indices of an embodied system configuration in cases where system configurations that are candidates to be embodied have been embodied in system design involving embodiment of system configurations; calculates expected values of the evaluation indices on the basis of the probability distribution; and selects one of the system configurations that is a candidate to be embodied on the basis of the expected values of the evaluation indices and embodies the selected system configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2021Publication date: January 9, 2025Applicant: NEC CorporationInventor: Takayuki Kuroda
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Publication number: 20240411524Abstract: A system design device generates, by repeatedly applying to requirements a concretization means that converts an abstract component included in the system into a concrete configuration with respect to the requirements of the system, a tree structure based on a configuration plan of the system, performs a search by selecting the configuration plan with a higher evaluation value in the tree structure generated, outputs the configuration plan in which all components are concretized as a concrete configuration; and calculates an evaluation value of the configuration plan by considering an evaluation value of a logical configuration plan of the system, and an evaluation value of a physical configuration plan of a device requiring physical arrangement included in the configuration plan.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2024Publication date: December 12, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Kazuki TANABE, Takayuki KURODA
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Publication number: 20240403429Abstract: A secure system automatic design apparatus includes: an input/output unit that receives an input of a system requirement and output a system configuration; a configuration information concretization unit that converts the system requirement into the system configuration through a plurality of concretization procedures; and a security evaluation unit that evaluates security of the system configuration. In each of the concretization procedures, the configuration information concretization unit generates a plurality of configuration drafts, each of the configuration drafts being configuration information that is being converted and each of the configuration drafts being branched to a plurality of options of a concretization method. The security evaluation unit also evaluates security of each of the configuration drafts generated through the respective procedures.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2021Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Takayuki KURODA, Takuya KUWAHARA
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Publication number: 20240394425Abstract: An information processing device provided with a similar information acquisition unit that, when definition information for a design target has been input, acquires similar requirement information, which is requirement information associated with definition information similar to definition information of the design target, based on association information in which a set of definition information including one or multiple requirement elements, requirement information indicating the requirements represented by a component group, and configuration information indicating a configuration represented by a component group have been associated in advance, and a configuration design unit that generates new configuration information with respect to requirement information based on the definition information of the design target, by applying conversion rules that were applied to a portion of a component group represented by the similar requirement information, and thereafter performing the configuration generation procType: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2021Publication date: November 28, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Kazuki Tanabe, Takayuki Kuroda
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Publication number: 20240311245Abstract: An automated system design apparatus provided with inputter receives a requirement for a system including a redundancy demand; and configuration generator generates a system configuration proposal for the system by selecting, from among designated concretization patterns defining a method for concretization while making a configuration element in the system redundant, a concretization pattern in accordance with the requirement for the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2024Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Toshiki WATANABE, Takayuki KURODA
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Publication number: 20240290161Abstract: A cover, of a cash inlet of a cash handling apparatus, comprises an upper surface and a base. The upper surface is shaped to have an opening for depositing cash into the cash inlet and to block intrusion of liquid from above into the cash inlet. The base includes a groove to receive the liquid that has been received on the upper surface and which has flowed along the upper surface. The upper surface has a slope upon which the liquid flows in a first direction, and the groove receives the liquid having flowed in the first direction along the slope, and the liquid is discharged in a second direction different from the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Applicant: Glory Ltd.Inventors: Takayuki KURODA, Koichi NISHIDA, Hiroshi DANJO, Yoshihiro YODA
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Publication number: 20240281495Abstract: An information processing apparatus to perform: acquiring configuration proposal information including a plurality of first quantitative requirements; calculating an expected value of each of the quantitative values in each of the first quantitative requirements based on a second quantitative requirement that is a combination of quantitative requirements each representing a requirement in which a quantitative value regarding configurations of a plurality of second information communication systems is set; converting, for each of the first quantitative requirements, a value range of the expected value of each of the quantitative values of the first quantitative requirement to a certain range based on a normalization function defined according to a type of the first quantitative requirement; calculating an evaluation value of the configuration proposal information based on the converted expected values of the quantitative values of the first quantitative requirements; and outputting the evaluation value to an oType: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2024Publication date: August 22, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Kazuki TANABE, Takayuki Kuroda
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Publication number: 20240281516Abstract: An information processing apparatus including: an acquiring unit that acquires target system requirement information among system requirements related to an information communication system to be designed, which is configured across a plurality of authority ranges; a first generating unit that generates first system configuration information belonging to a first authority range from the first system requirement information belonging to the first authority range based on the target system requirement information; a requesting unit that requests another information processing device to generate second system configuration information based on second system requirement information belonging to a second authority range among the target system requirement information; a second generating unit that generates target system configuration information corresponding to the target system requirement information based on the first system configuration information and the second system configuration information; and an outType: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2024Publication date: August 22, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventor: Takayuki KURODA
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Publication number: 20240087393Abstract: The present disclosure provides a medium processing apparatus, including: a housing provided with a surface facing a customer operating the medium processing apparatus; and a rolled coin device housed in the housing and configured to process rolled coins formed by bundling a plurality of loose coins. The surface of the housing includes a designated area located in a height range conforming to Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standard with respect to a height direction of the medium processing apparatus, and a rolled coin dispensing port of the rolled coin device for dispensing the rolled coins is arranged in the designated area.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: Glory Ltd.Inventors: Hirofumi Tougo, Kazuhiko Takahashi, Kenta Takahashi, Takayuki Kuroda, Tomohiro Yokoo
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Patent number: 11869318Abstract: The present disclosure provides a medium processing apparatus, including: a housing provided with a surface facing a customer operating the medium processing apparatus; and a rolled coin device housed in the housing and configured to process rolled coins formed by bundling a plurality of loose coins. The surface of the housing includes a designated area located in a height range conforming to Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standard with respect to a height direction of the medium processing apparatus, and a rolled coin dispensing port of the rolled coin device for dispensing the rolled coins is arranged in the designated area.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Glory Ltd.Inventors: Hirofumi Tougo, Kazuhiko Takahashi, Kenta Takahashi, Takayuki Kuroda, Tomohiro Yokoo
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Patent number: 11829422Abstract: A system automatic design device includes: a view generation unit configured to generate a view obtained by converting requirement data using an aspect model and to output the generated view as a pre-update view; a graph conversion unit configured to converting the requirement data or the pre-update view using a graph conversion rule; a requirement data update unit configured to reflect a content of a post-update view obtained after the pre-update view is converted on the requirement data; and a system requirement concretization unit configured to obtain system configuration data, in which the requirement data is concretized, by repeatedly performing operations of: converting the requirement data by the graph conversion unit, or converting the pre-update view into the post-update view by the graph conversion unit, and converting the requirement data by reflecting the content of the post-update view on the requirement data by the requirement data update unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya Kuwahara, Takayuki Kuroda