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).

  • Patent number: 9850443
    Abstract: A water-soluble working fluid of the invention is used for cutting a brittle material using a wire saw. The water-soluble working fluid is provided by blending water, alkylene oxide adduct of acethylene glycol, and glycols. The water-soluble working fluid of the invention is capable of providing favorable cutting accuracy when the brittle material is cut using a wire, and thus is suitable for cutting out a large-diameter wafer. The water-soluble working fluid of the invention is especially suitably applicable to an abrasive-grain-fixed wire saw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomohiko Kitamura
  • Patent number: 9752094
    Abstract: Provided are a water-soluble metalworking oil agent (cutting oil agent or grinding oil agent) and a metalworking liquid, each of which has excellent cutting machining performance or grinding machining performance of aluminum or aluminum alloys, hardly causes rotting deterioration, and has excellent emulsion dispersion stability and stability of undiluted liquid, by containing specified components (A) to (E) as essential components without containing a machinability-improving agent with a high environmental load, such as chlorine, sulfur, and phosphorus. Provided is also a metalworking method using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiaki Takagi, Tomohiko Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20170202506
    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: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: KOZO NISHIMURA, MASAAKI HARADA, TOMOHIKO KITAMURA, HIROKO SUGIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170175030
    Abstract: A water-soluble metalworking fluid of the invention contains: a component (A) that is a dicarboxylic acid including a sulfide structure; a component (B) that is a polyalkylene glycol; a component (C) that is polyhydric alcohol polyalkylene oxide adducts; and a component (D) that is a monocarboxylic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yosuke JIBIKI, Fumiaki TAKAGI, Tomohiko KITAMURA
  • Publication number: 20170173716
    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: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicants: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD., Nagaoka University of Technology
    Inventors: Tomohiko KITAMURA, YASUSHI FUKUZAWA, Ken YAMASHITA, Daiki HANAOKA
  • Publication number: 20160326450
    Abstract: A metalworking oil composition contains: a component (A) that is an ester of a polyhydric alcohol and a fatty acid; and a component (B) that is elemental sulfur, in which the metalworking oil composition has a kinematic viscosity at 40 degrees C. in a range from 5 mm2/s to 70 mm2/s and a flash point of 200 degrees C. or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD
    Inventor: Tomohiko KITAMURA
  • Patent number: 9441179
    Abstract: A silicon-wafer processing fluid used for processing a silicon wafer contains a friction modifier containing a nitrogen-containing compound, pH of the nitrogen-containing compound being in a range from 2 to 8 when a mass ratio with water (i.e. nitrogen-containing compound/water) is 1/99. The nitrogen-containing compound is preferably a heterocyclic compound. The silicon-wafer processing fluid restrains an abrasion of abrasive grains rigidly attached to a wire and generation of hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomohiko Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20160223249
    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: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Kozo NISHIMURA, Tomohiko KITAMURA
  • Patent number: 9361259
    Abstract: An integrated circuit for video/audio processing in which design resources obtained by development of video/audio devices can also be used for other types of video/audio devices. The integrated circuit includes a microcomputer that includes a CPU, a stream input/output for inputting/outputting a video and audio stream to and from an external device, a media processor that executes the media processing including at least one of compressing and decompressing the video and audio stream inputted to the stream input/output, an AV input/output that converts the video and audio stream subjected to the media processing by the media processor into video and audio signals and outputting these signals to the external device. A memory interface controls a data transfer between the microcomputer, the stream input/output, the media processor and the AV input/output and an external memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: SOCIONEXT INC.
    Inventors: Kozo Kimura, Tokuzo Kiyohara, Hiroshi Mizuno, Junji Michiyama, Tomohiko Kitamura, Ryoji Yamaguchi, Manabu Kuroda, Nobuhiko Yamada, Hideyuki Ohgose, Akifumi Yamana
  • Publication number: 20150376533
    Abstract: A water-soluble working fluid of the invention is used for cutting a brittle material using a wire saw. The water-soluble working fluid is provided by blending water, alkylene oxide adduct of acethylene glycol, and glycols. The water-soluble working fluid of the invention is capable of providing favorable cutting accuracy when the brittle material is cut using a wire, and thus is suitable for cutting out a large-diameter wafer. The water-soluble working fluid of the invention is especially suitably applicable to an abrasive-grain-fixed wire saw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomohiko KITAMURA
  • Publication number: 20150299599
    Abstract: Provided are a water-soluble metalworking oil agent (cutting oil agent or grinding oil agent) and a metalworking liquid, each of which has excellent cutting machining performance or grinding machining performance of aluminum or aluminum alloys, hardly causes rotting deterioration, and has excellent emulsion dispersion stability and stability of undiluted liquid, by containing specified components (A) to (E) as essential components without containing a machinability-improving agent with a high environmental load, such as chlorine, sulfur, and phosphorus. Provided is also a metalworking method using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiaki Takagi, Tomohiko Kitamura
  • Patent number: 9099151
    Abstract: An editing server is a multimedia content editing server that generates multimedia content including: media data including an image; and a media control script for controlling a reproduction scenario that includes at least one of a layout, a reproduction order, and a reproduction effect of the media data. The editing server includes: a script generation unit that generates the media control script, according to processing capability information that indicates a processing capability of a terminal for the media control script; and a multimedia content generation unit that generates the multimedia content including the media control script.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouji Miura, Naohisa Tanabe, Tomohiko Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20150169834
    Abstract: A fatigue degree estimating method analyzes log information including an operation log of a user with respect to a device and a state log of the device for analyzing a direct operation by the user with respect to the device, and movement of the user before and after the direct operation; and estimates the fatigue degree of each part of the user and of a mental part of the user by the analyzed direct operation and the analyzed movement before and after the direct operation. The estimated fatigue degree of each part of the user and of the mental part of the user are notified to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Kozo Nishimura, Tomohiko Kitamura, Kouji Miura, Shunji Harada
  • Publication number: 20150154714
    Abstract: A premium update system includes: an article transmission unit (607) which transmits via a network an article by a policy holder who has signed a predetermined contract with a service provider providing a predetermined service; an article display unit (609) which displays the article transmitted by the article transmission unit (607) to a viewer other than the policy holder; an interaction degree determination unit (901) which determines an interaction degree showing the degree of interaction relationship between the policy holder and the viewer; and a premium update unit (604) which determines the content (premium) of the contract in accordance with the interaction degree determined by the interaction degree determination unit (901).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Aki Yoneda, Tomohiko Kitamura, Kozo Nishimura, Shunji Harada, Kouji Miura
  • Publication number: 20150133163
    Abstract: A presence sensing unit (51) uses area information stored in an area information storing unit (1) and position information relating to a subject (3) as sensed by a position information sensing unit (4) to sense whether or not the subject is present in a report area (8) including a monitoring target area (7). An extrapolating unit (52) uses state information and attribute information relating to the subject 3 stored in the state information storing unit (2) to extrapolate an influence of the monitoring target area (7) in the sensed report area (8) on a state of the subject (3). A reporting unit (53) reports information whose content conforms to a result of the extrapolation by the extrapolating unit (52) to the subject (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Tomohiko Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20150133354
    Abstract: An aqueous processing liquid used for cutting a fragile material using a wire saw contains a water-soluble polymer, in which the water-soluble polymer has a mass average molecular weight in a range of 3×103 to 6×105, and the aqueous processing liquid exhibits a viscosity at 25 degrees C. in a range of 1.5 mPa·s to 15 Pa·s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomohiko Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20150127556
    Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure provides an information presentation method for presenting a recommended guarantee content of a first device included in a plurality of devices. The information presentation method includes acquiring use history information including data indicating use of the first device (S3210), generating information indicating a use situation of the first device based on the use history information and processing defined in each type of the device (S3220), deciding the recommended guarantee content of the first device based on the information indicating the use situation of the first device (S3230), and presenting the recommended guarantee content to a user of the first device (S3240).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of Ame
    Inventors: Shunji Harada, Kouji Miura, Eiichi Naito, Tomohiko Kitamura, Aki Yoneda, Kozo Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20150045264
    Abstract: A silicon-wafer processing fluid used for processing a silicon wafer contains a friction modifier containing a nitrogen-containing compound, pH of the nitrogen-containing compound being in a range from 2 to 8 when a mass ratio with water (i.e. nitrogen-containing compound/water) is 1/99. The nitrogen-containing compound is preferably a heterocyclic compound. The silicon-wafer processing fluid restrains an abrasion of abrasive grains rigidly attached to a wire and generation of hydrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomohiko KITAMURA
  • Publication number: 20150039428
    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: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Aki Yoneda, Shunji Harada, Kouji Miura, Tomohiko Kitamura, Kozo Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20150019286
    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: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual proerty of America
    Inventors: Shunji Harada, Kouji Miura, Aki Yoneda, Tomohiko Kitamura, Kozo Nishimura