Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Narita
Tomohiro Narita 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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Patent number: 11943685Abstract: A server system for an always-on connection includes: a plurality of always-on connection processing parts; and a controller. Each of the always-on connection processing parts includes a plurality of always-on connection execution parts, and the controller is configured to execute: a receiving process to receive a first request for the always-on connection from a terminal device; a determining process to determine a target always-on connection processing part, among the always-on connection processing parts according to the first request, the target always-on connection processing part being one always-on connection processing part to establish the always-on connection with the terminal device; and a sending process to send to the terminal device a destination data indicating a destination of the second request for the always-on connection after determining the target always-on connection processing part, the destination data also indicating the target always-on connection processing part.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki Narita, Masashi Takeichi, Koichi Hayashi, Tomohiro Inagaki
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Patent number: 11584402Abstract: A railcar bogie includes a bogie frame including a cross beam and supports, the supports disposed at respective car width direction end portions of the cross beam. There are a plurality of axle boxes to accommodate a plurality of bearings supporting a pair of axles, a plate spring extending in a car longitudinal direction and supported by a pair of the axle boxes which are away from each other in the car longitudinal direction among the plurality of axle boxes. The plate spring supports the cross beam while being pressed by the corresponding support from above such that the pressing member is separable from the plate spring. Elastic walls are at both respective sides of the supports in the car longitudinal direction and sandwiched between a lower surface of the bogie frame and an upper surface of the plate spring so as to be compressed.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: KAWASAKI RAILCAR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomohiro Narita, Kazuo Isomura, Takaya Ono
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Patent number: 11479275Abstract: A bolster beam of a railcar bogie includes a bolster beam main body in which a pair of auxiliary air chambers respectively communicating with a pair of air springs are formed; and a stopper structure projecting upward from a car width direction middle portion of the bolster beam main body. An upper wall of the bolster beam main body includes a middle upper wall portion at which the stopper structure portion is provided; and a pair of outside upper wall portions adjacently located at both respective car width direction sides of the middle upper wall portion and joined to the middle upper wall portion. The pair of outside upper wall portions include respective upward bent portions that are located at a car width direction middle side and bent upward toward the stopper structure portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: KAWASAKI RAILCAR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomohiro Narita, Kazuo Isomura
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Patent number: 11132998Abstract: A voice recognition device includes: a first feature vector calculating unit (2) for calculating a first feature vector from voice data input; an acoustic likelihood calculating unit (4) for calculating an acoustic likelihood of the first feature vector by using an acoustic model used for calculating an acoustic likelihood of a feature vector; a second feature vector calculating unit (3) for calculating a second feature vector from the voice data; a noise degree calculating unit (6) for calculating a noise degree of the second feature vector by using a discriminant model used for calculating a noise degree indicating whether a feature vector is noise or voice; a noise likelihood recalculating unit (8) for recalculating an acoustic likelihood of noise on the basis of the acoustic likelihood of the first feature vector and the noise degree of the second feature vector; and a collation unit (9) for performing collation with a pattern of a vocabulary word to be recognized, by using the acoustic likelihood calculaType: GrantFiled: March 24, 2017Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiyuki Hanazawa, Tomohiro Narita
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Publication number: 20200317233Abstract: A railcar bogie includes a bogie frame including a cross beam and supports, the supports disposed at respective car width direction end portions of the cross beam. There are a plurality of axle boxes to accommodate a plurality of bearings supporting a pair of axles, a plate spring extending in a car longitudinal direction and supported by a pair of the axle boxes which are away from each other in the car longitudinal direction among the plurality of axle boxes. The plate spring supports the cross beam while being pressed by the corresponding support from above such that the pressing member is separable from the plate spring. Elastic walls are at both respective sides of the supports in the car longitudinal direction and sandwiched between a lower surface of the bogie frame and an upper surface of the plate spring so as to be compressed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomohiro NARITA, Kazuo ISOMURA, Takaya ONO
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Patent number: 10793167Abstract: Invention includes bogie frame and single link type traction device coupling frame and carbody and transmitting force to carbody, force acting on bogie frame. Single link type traction device includes single link member, receiving seat, and first fastening member. Link member couples center pin of carbody and bogie frame and extends in car longitudinal direction. Receiving seat is provided at fixation target object constituted by center pin or bogie frame, and link member is fixed to receiving seat. First fastening member includes bolt and nut and fixes an end portion of link member to receiving seat. Bolt is inserted into end portion of link member and receiving seat from one side in car longitudinal direction, and nut is threadedly engaged with bolt from other side in car longitudinal direction. Receiving seat includes through hole into which bolt is inserted and nut accommodating space communicating with through hole and accommodating nut.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2016Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuo Isomura, Takanori Tojo, Masahiro Sakahira, Satoshi Ikeda, Tomohide Maeba, Naoki Hikosaka, Tomohiro Narita
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Publication number: 20200108844Abstract: A bolster beam of a railcar bogie includes a bolster beam main body in which a pair of auxiliary air chambers respectively communicating with a pair of air springs are formed; and a stopper structure projecting upward from a car width direction middle portion of the bolster beam main body. An upper wall of the bolster beam main body includes a middle upper wall portion at which the stopper structure portion is provided; and a pair of outside upper wall portions adjacently located at both respective car width direction sides of the middle upper wall portion and joined to the middle upper wall portion. The pair of outside upper wall portions include respective upward bent portions that are located at a car width direction middle side and bent upward toward the stopper structure portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomohiro NARITA, Kazuo ISOMURA
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Publication number: 20200005775Abstract: A voice recognition device includes: a first feature vector calculating unit (2) for calculating a first feature vector from voice data input; an acoustic likelihood calculating unit (4) for calculating an acoustic likelihood of the first feature vector by using an acoustic model used for calculating an acoustic likelihood of a feature vector; a second feature vector calculating unit (3) for calculating a second feature vector from the voice data; a noise degree calculating unit (6) for calculating a noise degree of the second feature vector by using a discriminant model used for calculating a noise degree indicating whether a feature vector is noise or voice; a noise likelihood recalculating unit (8) for recalculating an acoustic likelihood of noise on the basis of the acoustic likelihood of the first feature vector and the noise degree of the second feature vector; and a collation unit (9) for performing collation with a pattern of a vocabulary word to be recognized, by using the acoustic likelihood calculaType: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2017Publication date: January 2, 2020Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiyuki HANAZAWA, Tomohiro NARITA
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Patent number: 10315671Abstract: A restricting member is configured to restrict abnormal rising of a carbody when an air spring expands by a predetermined amount or more. The restricting member includes: a base portion; a contact portion provided at the base portion and configured to be brought into contact with a lower surface of a bogie frame when the air spring expands by the predetermined amount or more; and a temporary fastening portion formed at the base portion. The temporary fastening portion is configured to be attachable to and detachable from a temporary fastened portion formed at a side surface of a center pin extending downward from a carbody.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2016Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masahiro Sakahira, Kazuo Isomura, Takanori Tojo, Satoshi Ikeda, Tomohide Maeba, Naoki Hikosaka, Tomohiro Narita
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Publication number: 20180201281Abstract: Invention includes bogie frame and single link type traction device coupling frame and carbody and transmitting force to carbody, force acting on bogie frame. Single link type traction device includes single link member, receiving seat, and first fastening member. Link member couples center pin of carbody and bogie frame and extends in car longitudinal direction. Receiving seat is provided at fixation target object constituted by center pin or bogie frame, and link member is fixed to receiving seat. First fastening member includes bolt and nut and fixes an end portion of link member to receiving seat. Bolt is inserted into end portion of link member and receiving seat from one side in car longitudinal direction, and nut is threadedly engaged with bolt from other side in car longitudinal direction. Receiving seat includes through hole into which bolt is inserted and nut accommodating space communicating with through hole and accommodating nut.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2016Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuo ISOMURA, Takanori TOJO, Masahiro SAKAHIRA, Satoshi IKEDA, Tomohide MAEBA, Naoki HIKOSAKA, Tomohiro NARITA
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Patent number: 9978368Abstract: Because an information providing system according to the present invention generates recognition object words for selecting one headline from a plurality of headlines in such a way that the recognition object words do not overlap one another, the information providing system can select a headline uniquely through the user's utterance, and present information (content) corresponding to the headline selected thereby, and therefore the convenience to the user is improved.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2014Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Masanobu Osawa, Takumi Takei, Yuki Furumoto, Tomohiro Narita, Tatsuhiko Saito
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Patent number: 9975562Abstract: A railcar includes: a carbody; a bogie constituting member including an interface plate provided at a lower portion of the carbody, an air spring, and a bogie; an automatic level controlling valve configured to maintain a height of the spring within a certain range; a first attaching portion provided on a side surface of the plate, the valve being detachably attached to the side surface of the plate by the first attaching portion; and attaching means provided at the lower portion of the carbody, the valve being detachably attached to the lower portion of the carbody by the attaching means, the bogie constituting member being separable from the carbody in a state where the valve is attached to the side surface of the plate through the first attaching portion or a state where the valve is attached to the lower portion of the carbody through the attaching means.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2015Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masahiro Sakahira, Mitsuru Yokoyama, Kazuo Isomura, Takanori Tojo, Satoshi Ikeda, Tomohide Maeba, Naoki Hikosaka, Tomohiro Narita
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Publication number: 20170372695Abstract: When the number of characters displayable on a character display area of a display is restricted, the information providing system generates a first recognition object word from information of object to be provided. At the same time, the information providing system generates a second recognition object word by using whole of a character string which is obtained by shortening the first recognition object word to have the specified character number when its number of characters exceeds a specified character number, to thereby recognize a speech voice by a user, using the first recognition object word and the second recognition object word.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2015Publication date: December 28, 2017Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takumi TAKEI, Yuki FURUMOTO, Tomohiro NARITA, Tatsuhiko SAITO
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Patent number: 9761228Abstract: There are provided a recognition result candidate comparator 205 that compares a plurality of server-side voice recognition result candidates received by a receiver 204, to detect texts having a difference, and a recognition result integrator 206 that integrates a client-side voice recognition result candidate and a server-side voice recognition result candidate on the basis of the client-side voice recognition result candidate, the server-side voice recognition result candidate, and a detection result provided by the recognition result candidate comparator 205, to decide a voice recognition result.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2013Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Isamu Ogawa, Toshiyuki Hanazawa, Tomohiro Narita
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Publication number: 20170200448Abstract: Because an information providing system according to the present invention generates recognition object words for selecting one headline from a plurality of headlines in such a way that the recognition object words do not overlap one another, the information providing system can select a headline uniquely through the user's utterance, and present information (content) corresponding to the headline selected thereby, and therefore the convenience to the user is improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2014Publication date: July 13, 2017Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Masanobu OSAWA, Takumi TAKEI, Yuki FURUMOTO, Tomohiro NARITA, Tatsuhiko SAITO
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Publication number: 20170151963Abstract: A railcar includes: a carbody; a bogie constituting member including an interface plate provided at a lower portion of the carbody, an air spring, and a bogie; an automatic level controlling valve configured to maintain a height of the spring within a certain range; a first attaching portion provided on a side surface of the plate, the valve being detachably attached to the side surface of the plate by the first attaching portion; and attaching means provided at the lower portion of the carbody, the valve being detachably attached to the lower portion of the carbody by the attaching means, the bogie constituting member being separable from the carbody in a state where the valve is attached to the side surface of the plate through the first attaching portion or a state where the valve is attached to the lower portion of the carbody through the attaching means.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2015Publication date: June 1, 2017Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masahiro SAKAHIRA, Mitsuru YOKOYAMA, Kazuo ISOMURA, Takanori TOJO, Satoshi IKEDA, Tomohide MAEBA, Naoki HIKOSAKA, Tomohiro NARITA
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Publication number: 20170129508Abstract: The present invention relates to a restricting member configured to restrict abnormal rising of a carbody when an air spring expands by a predetermined amount or more. The restricting member includes: a base portion; a contact portion provided at the base portion and configured to be brought into contact with a lower surface of a bogie frame when the air spring expands by the predetermined amount or more; and a temporary fastening portion formed at the base portion. The temporary fastening portion is configured to be attachable to and detachable from a temporary fastened portion formed at a side surface of a center pin extending downward from a carbody.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masahiro SAKAHIRA, Kazuo ISOMURA, Takanori TOJO, Satoshi IKEDA, Tomohide MAEBA, Naoki HIKOSAKA, Tomohiro NARITA
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Patent number: 9583925Abstract: A gasket for an electrical junction box of a railcar is fitted in a groove portion formed on a contact surface of a side wall portion or a contact surface of a cover in the electrical junction box including: a box main body having the side wall portion defining an opening communicating with an outer space; and the cover closing the opening. Further, the gasket for the electrical junction box of the railcar includes: small width portions, a width of each of the small width portions being smaller than a width of the groove portion; and large width portions each having projections projecting toward both respective sides of the small width portion in a width direction and having a larger width than the width of the small width portions. The small width portions and the large width portions are alternately provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2015Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masahiro Hamada, Hideki Fukumoto, Teruaki Mizukawa, Masahiro Sakahira, Tomohiro Narita
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Publication number: 20160275950Abstract: There are provided a recognition result candidate comparator 205 that compares a plurality of server-side voice recognition result candidates received by a receiver 204, to detect texts having a difference, and a recognition result integrator 206 that integrates a client-side voice recognition result candidate and a server-side voice recognition result candidate on the basis of the client-side voice recognition result candidate, the server-side voice recognition result candidate, and a detection result provided by the recognition result candidate comparator 205, to decide a voice recognition result.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2013Publication date: September 22, 2016Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Isamu OGAWA, Toshiyuki HANAZAWA, Tomohiro NARITA
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Publication number: 20160197462Abstract: A gasket for an electrical junction box of a railcar is fitted in a groove portion formed on a contact surface of a side wall portion or a contact surface of a cover in the electrical junction box including: a box main body having the side wall portion defining an opening communicating with an outer space; and the cover closing the opening. Further, the gasket for the electrical junction box of the railcar includes: small width portions, a width of each of the small width portions being smaller than a width of the groove portion; and large width portions each having projections projecting toward both respective sides of the small width portion in a width direction and having a larger width than the width of the small width portions. The small width portions and the large width portions are alternately provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2015Publication date: July 7, 2016Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masahiro HAMADA, Hideki FUKUMOTO, Teruaki MIZUKAWA, Masahiro SAKAHIRA, Tomohiro NARITA