Patents by Inventor Tomohiko Kitamura

Tomohiko Kitamura 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: 20230357663
    Abstract: Provided is a water-soluble metalworking oil comprising a base oil (A) comprising oil-soluble polyalkylene glycol (A1), wherein a total content of water-soluble polyalkylene glycol and methoxypolyethylene glycol is less than 60% by mass based on the total amount excluding water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki OKANO, Tomohiko KITAMURA, Hideto KAMIMURA
  • Patent number: 11760955
    Abstract: The present invention provides a water-soluble metalworking oil composition, including: 5.0 to 20.0 mass % of a sulfur compound (A) that is one or more kinds selected from the group consisting of a sulfurized fat and oil and a sulfurized ester and has a kinematic viscosity of 10 to 800 mm2/s at 40° C.; 0.5 to 20.0 mass % of the nonionic surfactant (B) having an HLB of 6 to 18; 7.0 to 30.0 mass % of an unsaturated fatty acid polymer (C); and an amine compound (D) selected from the group consisting of a tertiary amine and a secondary amine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomohiko Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20220145209
    Abstract: The present invention provides a water-soluble metalworking oil composition, including: 5.0 to 20.0 mass % of a sulfur compound (A) that is one or more kinds selected from the group consisting of a sulfurized fat and oil and a sulfurized ester and has a kinematic viscosity of 10 to 800 mm2/s at 40° C.; 0.5 to 20.0 mass % of the nonionic surfactant (B) having an HLB of 6 to 18; 7.0 to 30.0 mass % of an unsaturated fatty acid polymer (C); and an amine compound (D) selected from the group consisting of a tertiary amine and a secondary amine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomohiko KITAMURA
  • Patent number: 11185235
    Abstract: An information processing device obtains measurement data for calculating biological information of a measurement subject from a sensor that performs measurement without contact. Based on content of the measurement data, the measurement data is classified into a group associated with at least a position of the measurement subject, the biological information is calculated from the classified measurement data, and the calculated biological information is compared with a reference value associated with a group to which the measurement data belongs. Then, a notification is made based on the comparing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Tomohiko Kitamura, Yasuo Kohashi, Masaru Yamaoka, Toshiaki Tanaka, Kenji Masuda
  • Patent number: 11118130
    Abstract: Disclosed is a metalworking oil composition containing: at least one base oil (A) selected from a mineral oil and a synthetic oil; sulfurized oils and fats (B) having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 60 mm2/s or more and 1,600 mm2/s or less; and a polymer (C) of an unsaturated fatty acid having a carbon number of 10 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomohiko Kitamura
  • Patent number: 11093952
    Abstract: An information displaying method includes: obtaining, for each of users, usage history information items on one or more appliances used by the user; calculating a utilization characteristic based on a usage history information item on a predetermined appliance among the one or more appliances used by a predetermined user among the users, the utilization characteristic being of the predetermined user using the predetermined appliance, and the usage history information item on the obtained predetermined appliance; obtaining, for each of the user, a post information item posted by the user; and displaying, in association with each other, (i) a utilization characteristic information item on the utilization characteristic calculated in the calculating and (ii) the post information item posted by the predetermined user, the utilization characteristic being of the predetermined user using the predetermined appliance, and the post information item being obtained in the obtaining of a post information item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Shunji Harada, Kouji Miura, Aki Yoneda, Tomohiko Kitamura, Kozo Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20210053131
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric discharge machining oil composition and an electric discharge machining method capable of enhancing machining speed in electric discharge machining. This electric discharge machining oil composition is characterized by including (A) a base oil, and (B) one or more types of petroleum resin selected from hydrogenated products of copolymers of dicyclopentadiene and an aromatic compound and having a softening point of 75 to 185° C. and a mean molecular weight (Mn) of 670 to 3000, wherein the kinematic viscosity of the electric discharge machining oil composition at 40° C. is 1 to 10 mm2/s. Further, the electric discharge machining method is characterized by employing said electric discharge machining oil composition, and includes interposing the electric discharge machining oil composition between a workpiece and an electrode, and generating an electric discharge between the workpiece and the electrode in this state to machine the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi KONDO, Tomohiko KITAMURA
  • Patent number: 10799083
    Abstract: An information processing method performed with a processor includes determining whether a second dispensing amount of detergent to be dispensed in a washing apparatus in a scheduled first washing event falls below a threshold based on a remaining amount of the detergent in a detergent container of the washing apparatus and a first dispensing amount set for one washing event for washing a washing target, changing a third dispensing amount determined based on the first dispensing amount to be dispensed into the washing apparatus in a second washing event preceding the first washing event to a fourth dispensing amount equaling or exceeding the threshold when the second dispensing amount is determined to fall below the threshold, outputting information representing the fourth dispensing amount, and causing the washing apparatus to dispense the fourth dispensing amount of the detergent in the second washing event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi Okubo, Hiroko Sugimoto, Mariko Nakaso, Tomohiko Kitamura
  • Patent number: 10699300
    Abstract: Disclosed is an information providing method and so on including: obtaining a use history of a device used by a user for processing on a substance; and providing information according to the obtained use history to the user, wherein the processing on the substance includes a movement of the substance or a change in a temperature of the substance. This allows providing the user of the device with information suitable for the user when the user simply uses a device for doing routine housework, without requiring the user to input information such as search words.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Aki Yoneda, Shunji Harada, Kouji Miura, Tomohiko Kitamura, Kozo Nishimura
  • Patent number: 10660450
    Abstract: An air-conditioning control system includes an in-bed air conditioner which adjusts an in-bed temperature using air in a room interior, an in-room air conditioner which adjusts an in-room temperature, an in-bed environment measurer which measures the in-bed temperature, an in-room environment measurer which measures the in-room temperature, and an air-conditioning controller which performs first cooperation control that controls operation of the in-bed air conditioner and a wind direction of the in-room air conditioner on the basis of the in-bed temperature acquired from the in-bed environment measurer and the in-room temperature acquired from the in-room environment measurer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Harada, Tomohiko Kitamura
  • Patent number: 10376201
    Abstract: A control method causes the processor to execute: excluding one or more pieces of first vibration data from a plurality of pieces of vibration data stored in the memory, wherein the plurality of pieces of vibration data are acquired within one period, wherein vibration times associated with the one or more pieces of first vibration data are included in an operation period in which the user performed the operation with respect to the information terminal device, and wherein the operation period is specified based on the time in the log information stored in the memory; and updating the threshold value using at least one piece of vibration data in the plurality of pieces of vibration data from which the one or more pieces of first vibration data are excluded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kozo Nishimura, Masaaki Harada, Tomohiko Kitamura, Hiroko Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20190106653
    Abstract: Disclosed is a metalworking oil composition containing: at least one base oil (A) selected from a mineral oil and a synthetic oil; sulfurized oils and fats (B) having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 60 mm2/s or more and 1,600 mm2/s or less; and a polymer (C) of an unsaturated fatty acid having a carbon number of 10 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomohiko KITAMURA
  • Publication number: 20190104911
    Abstract: An information processing method performed with a processor includes determining whether a second dispensing amount of detergent to be dispensed in a washing apparatus in a scheduled first washing event falls below a threshold based on a remaining amount of the detergent in a detergent container of the washing apparatus and a first dispensing amount set for one washing event for washing a washing target, changing a third dispensing amount determined based on the first dispensing amount to be dispensed into the washing apparatus in a second washing event preceding the first washing event to a fourth dispensing amount equaling or exceeding the threshold when the second dispensing amount is determined to fall below the threshold, outputting information representing the fourth dispensing amount, and causing the washing apparatus to dispense the fourth dispensing amount of the detergent in the second washing event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: MASAFUMI OKUBO, HIROKO SUGIMOTO, MARIKO NAKASO, TOMOHIKO KITAMURA
  • Publication number: 20180308127
    Abstract: Disclosed is an information providing method and so on including: obtaining a use history of a device used by a user for processing on a substance; and providing information according to the obtained use history to the user, wherein the processing on the substance includes a movement of the substance or a change in a temperature of the substance. This allows providing the user of the device with information suitable for the user when the user simply uses a device for doing routine housework, without requiring the user to input information such as search words.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Aki YONEDA, Shunji HARADA, Kouji MIURA, Tomohiko KITAMURA, Kozo NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20180271299
    Abstract: An air-conditioning control system includes an in-bed air conditioner which adjusts an in-bed temperature using air in a room interior, an in-room air conditioner which adjusts an in-room temperature, an in-bed environment measurer which measures the in-bed temperature, an in-room environment measurer which measures the in-room temperature, and an air-conditioning controller which performs first cooperation control that controls operation of the in-bed air conditioner and a wind direction of the in-room air conditioner on the basis of the in-bed temperature acquired from the in-bed environment measurer and the in-room temperature acquired from the in-room environment measurer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: MASAAKI HARADA, TOMOHIKO KITAMURA
  • Publication number: 20180271379
    Abstract: An information processing device obtains measurement data for calculating biological information of a measurement subject from a sensor that performs measurement without contact. Based on content of the measurement data, the measurement data is classified into a group associated with at least a position of the measurement subject, the biological information is calculated from the classified measurement data, and the calculated biological information is compared with a reference value associated with a group to which the measurement data belongs. Then, a notification is made based on the comparing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: KAZUHIRO WATANABE, TOMOHIKO KITAMURA, YASUO KOHASHI, MASARU YAMAOKA, TOSHIAKI TANAKA, KENJI MASUDA
  • Patent number: 10043198
    Abstract: Disclosed is an information providing method and so on including: obtaining a use history of a device used by a user for processing on a substance; and providing information according to the obtained use history to the user, wherein the processing on the substance includes a movement of the substance or a change in a temperature of the substance. This allows providing the user of the device with information suitable for the user when the user simply uses a device for doing routine housework, without requiring the user to input information such as search words.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Aki Yoneda, Shunji Harada, Kouji Miura, Tomohiko Kitamura, Kozo Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20180171255
    Abstract: A water-soluble metalworking fluid of the invention contains a component (A) that is a dicarboxylic acid including a sulfide structure and a component (B) that is a monocarboxylic acid, in which the fluid contains no polyalkylene glycol. A metalworking coolant of the invention is provided by diluting the above-described water-soluble metalworking fluid with water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yosuke JIBIKI, Fumiaki TAKAGI, Tomohiko KITAMURA
  • Patent number: 9993889
    Abstract: An electrical discharge machining oil composition of the invention includes an organic acid metal salt and a base oil, in which the organic acid metal salt is an organic acid salt of a metal having an electronegativity on Pauling scale of 2 or less, and the present composition has a volume resistivity at 80 degrees C. of 2×10?5 T?·m or more and a kinematic viscosity at 40 degrees C. in a range from 0.5 mm2/s to 10 mm2/s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignees: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD., Nagaoka University of Technology
    Inventors: Tomohiko Kitamura, Yasushi Fukuzawa, Ken Yamashita, Daiki Hanaoka
  • Patent number: 9967109
    Abstract: An information presenting method includes: receiving, from a refrigerator, a signal including an identification result of an identified user; extracting a scheduled future event by referring to schedule information corresponding to the user, based on the identification result of the user, the schedule information being included in a plurality of pieces of schedule information of users; determining an item associated with the extracted scheduled future event; generating information including information that is to be presented to the user, based on the determined item, the information that is to be presented to the user being included in stock information that relates to one or more items stored in the refrigerator; and transmitting, to an apparatus through the network, a signal for causing the apparatus to output the generated information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Kozo Nishimura, Tomohiko Kitamura