Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Shibata
Tomohiro Shibata 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: 7560891Abstract: A deflection amount Ps representing a difference between a position detection value Pl of a driven body and a position detection value Pm of a motor is detected. A position calculator proportional constant Kp, a time constant Tp of a first-order lag circuit that inputs a the deflection amount Ps, and a time constant Tv of a first-order lag circuit that inputs a difference between a speed detection value Vl of the driven body and a speed detection value Vm of the motor are changed based on the deflection amount Ps.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2007Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: Okuma CorporationInventors: Tomohiro Shibata, Tomohisa Kameyama
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Publication number: 20080319594Abstract: A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle that includes an engine and an electric motor as driving sources for the vehicle, and an energy storage device that stores an output of the engine or a kinetic energy of the vehicle after being converted into electric energy by the electric motor. The engine is a cylinder deactivation engine that is capable of deactivating.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2005Publication date: December 25, 2008Inventors: Tomohiro Shibata, Shinichi Kitajima, Takahiro Sasaki, Yasuo Nakamoto
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Publication number: 20080253610Abstract: A face model providing portion provides an stored average face model to an estimation portion estimating an affine parameter for obtaining a head pose. An individual face model learning portion obtains a result of tracking feature points by the estimation portion and learns an individual face model. The individual face model learning portion terminates the learning when a free energy of the individual face model is over a free energy of the average face model, and switches a face model provided to the estimation portion from the average face model to the individual face model. While learning the individual face mode, an observation matrix is factorized using a reliability matrix showing reliability of each observation value forming the observation matrix with emphasis on the feature point having higher reliability.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2007Publication date: October 16, 2008Applicants: DENSO Corporation, National University Corporation Nara Institute of Science and TechnologyInventors: Mikio Shimizu, Naoki Fukaya, Takashi Bando, Tomohiro Shibata, Shin Ishii
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Publication number: 20080232736Abstract: The present invention provides an optical functional circuit where a holographic wave propagation medium is applied and a circuit property is excellent such as small transmission loss and crosstalk. The optical functional circuit where a plurality of circuit elements are formed on a substrate includes the wave propagation medium for converting an optical path of a leakage light so that the leakage light that is not emitted from a predetermined output port of the circuit element is not coupled to a different circuit element. This wave propagation medium is constituted by an optical waveguide that is provided with a clad layer formed on the substrate and a core embedded in the clad layer, and a part of the optical waveguide is formed in accordance with a refractive index distribution which is multiple scattered.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2005Publication date: September 25, 2008Applicant: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Tsutomu Kitoh, Yohei Sakamaki, Toshikazu Hashimoto, Takashi Saida, Hiroshi Takahashi, Masahiro Yanagisawa, Ikuo Ogawa, Tomohiro Shibata, Senichi Suzuki
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Publication number: 20080208231Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a handpiece and a horn for an ultrasonic surgical instrument in which better visual recognition of a tip portion of the horn can be given. The handpiece for an ultrasonic surgical instrument includes: a horn of which tip portion vibrates at an ultrasonic wave velocity; and an external cylinder for covering the horn except the tip portion. An external diameter of the tip portion of the horn is larger than an external diameter of a part covered by the external cylinder.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2007Publication date: August 28, 2008Applicant: MIWATEC CO., LTDInventors: Hidefumi OTA, Tomohiro Shibata, Yuichiro Sato
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Patent number: 7397977Abstract: A wave transmission medium includes an input port 3-1 and an output port 3-2. A field distribution 1 and a field distribution 2 are obtained by numerical calculations. The field distribution 1 is a field distribution of the propagation light (forward propagation light) launched into the input port 3-1. The field distribution 2 is a field distribution of the phase conjugate light (reverse propagation light) resulting from reversely transmitting from the output port side an output field that is expected to be output from the output port 3-2 when an optical signal is launched into the input port 3-1. According to the field distributions 1 and 2, a spatial refractive index distribution is calculated such that the phase difference between the propagation light and reverse propagation light is eliminated at individual points (x, z) in the medium.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2003Date of Patent: July 8, 2008Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Toshikazu Hashimoto, Ikuo Ogawa, Takeshi Kitagawa, Senichi Suzuki, Masahiro Yanagisawa, Tomohiro Shibata, Masaki Koutoku, Hiroshi Takahashi, Ryou Nagase, Masaru Kobayashi, Shuichiro Asakawa, Yoshiteru Abe, Tsutomu Kitoh, Takaharu Ohyama
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Publication number: 20070194740Abstract: A deflection amount Ps representing a difference between a position detection value Pl of a driven body and a position detection value Pm of a motor is detected. A position calculator proportional constant Kp, a time constant Tp of a first-order lag circuit that inputs a the deflection amount Ps, and a time constant Tv of a first-order lag circuit that inputs a difference between a speed detection value Vl of the driven body and a speed detection value Vm of the motor are changed based on the deflection amount Ps.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2007Publication date: August 23, 2007Inventors: Tomohiro Shibata, Tomohisa Kameyama
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Publication number: 20070147661Abstract: An estimation device estimates a hidden state of an estimation subject from an observable state in a manner of a time series. The observable state is observed from the hidden state of the estimation subject under a procedure that has a hierarchical structure, which includes the hidden state of the estimation subject, the observable state, and an intermediate hidden state therebetween. The estimation device includes an estimation subject hidden state predicting means, an intermediate hidden state predicting means based on the state transition structure of the hidden state of the estimation subject, an intermediate hidden state likelihood observing means, an intermediate hidden state estimating means, an estimation subject hidden state likelihood observing means, estimation subject hidden state estimating means, an intermediate hidden state predicting means based on the state transition structure of the intermediate hidden state, and the mixing means.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2006Publication date: June 28, 2007Applicants: DENSO Corporation, National University Corporation Nara Institute Of Science and TechnologyInventors: Naoki Fukaya, Mikio Shimizu, Shin Ishii, Tomohiro Shibata, Takashi Bando
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Publication number: 20060126992Abstract: A wave transmission medium includes an input port 3-1 and an output port 3-2. A field distribution 1 and a field distribution 2 are obtained by numerical calculations. The field distribution 1 is a field distribution of the propagation light (forward propagation light) launched into the input port 3-1. The field distribution 2 is a field distribution of the phase conjugate light (reverse propagation light) resulting from reversely transmitting from the output port side an output field that is expected to be output from the output port 3-2 when an optical signal is launched into the input port 3-1. According to the field distributions 1 and 2, a spatial refractive index distribution is calculated such that the phase difference between the propagation light and reverse propagation light is eliminated at individual points (x, z) in the medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2003Publication date: June 15, 2006Inventors: Toshikazu Hashimoto, Ikuo Ogawa, Takeshi Kitagawa, Senichi Suzuki, Masahiro Yanagisawa, Tomohiro Shibata, Masaki Koutoku, Hiroshi Takahashi, Ryou Nagase, Masaru Kobayashi, Shuichiro Asakawa, Yoshiteru Abe, Tsutomu Kitoh, Takaharu Ohyama
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Patent number: 6956298Abstract: A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle includes an engine and a motor as power sources of the hybrid vehicle, an energy storage device for storing electrical energy converted, by the motor, from the output power of the engine or the kinetic energy of the hybrid vehicle, and a control device which is adapted to obtain, at every stop of the hybrid vehicle, a first difference between the state of charge of the energy storage device at the immediately previous stop of the hybrid vehicle and the current state of charge, and to change an amount of power generation by the motor depending on the first difference when driving of the hybrid vehicle is not performed by the motor or when a regenerative deceleration operation is not performed by the motor.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2003Date of Patent: October 18, 2005Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichi Kitajima, Tomohiro Shibata, Asao Ukai, Yasuo Nakamoto
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Patent number: 6804433Abstract: An optical pulse pattern generator can generate optical pulse signals with various periods and patterns. It supplies an optical pulse from an optical pulse source to a variable optical delay line circuit including cascade-connected characteristic-variable asymmetrical Mach-Zehnder interferometers via an optical combiner and splitter. The optical pulse is fed back to the optical combiner and splitter from the final stages of the cascade-connected characteristic-variable a symmetrical Mach-Zehnder interferometers via an optical exclusive OR circuit and optical amplifier. Making directional couplers with variable coupling ratio, and directional couplers with variable coupling ratio in operation can cause the final stage of the cascade-connected characteristic-variable asymmetrical Mach-Zehnder interferometer to produce a random pulse train.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2003Date of Patent: October 12, 2004Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Koichi Takiguchi, Tomohiro Shibata
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Publication number: 20040176211Abstract: A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle includes an engine and a motor as power sources of the hybrid vehicle, an energy storage device for storing electrical energy converted, by the motor, from the output power of the engine or the kinetic energy of the hybrid vehicle, and a control device which is adapted to obtain, at every stop of the hybrid vehicle, a first difference between the state of charge of the energy storage device at the immediately previous stop of the hybrid vehicle and the current state of charge, and to change an amount of power generation by the motor depending on the first difference when driving of the hybrid vehicle is not performed by the motor or when a regenerative deceleration operation is not performed by the motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2003Publication date: September 9, 2004Inventors: Shinichi Kitajima, Tomohiro Shibata, Asao Ukai, Yasuo Nakamoto
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Patent number: 6711313Abstract: An optical CDMA encoder-decoder is constructed by combining arrayed-waveguide gratings, matrix optical switches, and delay lines, otherwise by combining arrayed-waveguide grating and variable delay lines, thus providing an encoding process that a wavelength change with respect to time in optical pulses. The light includes a wide spectrum band width inserted into a CDMA encoder/decoder and is demultiplexed by arrayed-waveguide gratings. Each wave length according to the demultiplexed spectrum component spreads out in the time region based on delay time differences produced by delay lines having differential optical lengths. Thus, in CDMA, the dependency of wavelengths on delay time can be set arbitrarily.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2001Date of Patent: March 23, 2004Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Koichi Takiguchi, Katsunari Okamoto, Tomohiro Shibata, Masao Kato, Takashi Goh
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Publication number: 20030128923Abstract: An optical pulse pattern generator can generate optical pulse signals with various periods and patterns. It supplies an optical pulse from an optical pulse source to a variable optical delay line circuit including cascade-connected characteristic-variable asymmetrical Mach-Zehnder interferometers via an optical combiner and splitter. The optical pulse is fed back to the optical combiner and splitter from the final stages of the cascade-connected characteristic-variable a symmetrical Mach-Zehnder interferometers via an optical exclusive OR circuit and optical amplifier. Making directional couplers with variable coupling ratio, and directional couplers with variable coupling ratio in operation can cause the final stage of the cascade-connected characteristic-variable asymmetrical Mach-Zehnder interferometer to produce a random pulse train.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2003Publication date: July 10, 2003Inventors: Koichi Takiguchi, Tomohiro Shibata
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Publication number: 20010010739Abstract: An optical CDMA encoder-decoder is constructed by combining arrayed-waveguide gratings, matrix optical switches, and delay lines, otherwise by combining arrayed-waveguide gratings and variable delay lines, thus providing an encoding process that a wavelength change with respect to time in optical pulses.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2001Publication date: August 2, 2001Inventors: Koichi Takiguchi, Katsunari Okamoto, Tomohiro Shibata, Masao Kato, Takashi Goh