Patents by Inventor Tomoya Hirano
Tomoya Hirano 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: 11934126Abstract: A heating device includes a first rotator, a heater including a base and a heat generator, and a second rotator contacting the first rotator. The heat generator adjacent to the base defines a heat generation area having one edge close to one edge of the base in a longitudinal direction of the base. A length between the one edge of the base and the one edge of the heat generation area is longer than a length between the other edge of the base and the other edge of the heat generation area. The second rotator has one edge close to the one edge of the heat generation area. A length between the one edge of the second rotator and the one edge of the heat generation area is shorter than a length between the other edge of the second rotator and the other edge of the heat generation area.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Yasunori Ishigaya, Keitaro Shoji, Tomoya Adachi, Daisuke Hirano
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Publication number: 20240041389Abstract: An intestinal activity regulation device includes a regulator that performs a regulation process of regulating intestinal activity of a target person based on the state of the intestinal activity detected by a detector that detects the state of the intestinal activity of the target person.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Nozomi YAMADA, Sanae MIKI, Tomoya HIRANO, Takahiro HIRAYAMA, Masahiro KATO
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Patent number: 11882338Abstract: A video distribution server according to one embodiment of the present invention encourages communication among viewers of a live video, while strengthening the relationship between a distributor of the live video and each of the viewers. The server provides a live video distribution service for distributing and viewing live videos to users via user terminals. The server generates a combo when an input of an item by each of a plurality of viewers of the live video satisfies a predetermined combo condition, thus encouraging communication among the viewers of the live video. In addition, the benefit is given to the distributor upon the generation of the combo, which may strengthen the relationship between the distributor and each of the viewers.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: DeNA Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daisuke Mizuta, Mari Kurihara, Tomoya Hirano, Eri Matsuda
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Patent number: 11832461Abstract: A photoelectric conversion module includes photoelectric conversion elements electrically coupled. The photoelectric conversion elements each sequentially include first electrode, photoelectric conversion layer, and second electrode. The photoelectric conversion module includes first photoelectric conversion element, second photoelectric conversion element, coupling portion to couple the first and second photoelectric conversion elements in series, first partition portion, and second partition portion. The first electrode or the second electrode forming the first photoelectric conversion element includes a contact region in contact with the coupling portion. A value of X/(Y?X) is 0.3 or greater, where X denotes a length of the contact region and Y denotes a predetermined length in the coupling direction around the contact region.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Takaya Ito, Ryota Arai, Tomoya Hirano
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Publication number: 20230280627Abstract: An electrochemical device includes an electrolyte layer containing an electrodepositable material including Ag and a mediating material including any of Ta, Mo, and Nb, a pair of substrates to hold the electrolyte layer therebetween, and a pair of electrodes that are disposed on the mutually opposed surfaces of the respective substrates and are insoluble in the electrolyte layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2021Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuki HASEGAWA, Tomoya HIRANO
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Publication number: 20230232642Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element includes a base, a first electrode on or above the base, an electron-transporting layer on or above the first electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer on or above the electron-transporting layer, a hole-transporting layer on or above the photoelectric conversion layer, and a second electrode on or above the hole-transporting layer. The photoelectric conversion element has a penetration portion penetrating the electron-transporting layer and the photoelectric conversion layer. The photoelectric conversion element includes, in the penetration portion, a material of the hole-transporting layer and a material of the second electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2021Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Takaya ITO, Ryota ARAI, Tomoya HIRANO
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Publication number: 20230102880Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes a first electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer, and a second electrode in sequence. The photoelectric conversion device includes a sealing member on a non-facing surface side of one electrode selected from the first electrode and the second electrode, the non-facing surface side not facing the photoelectric conversion layer. The sealing member includes an insulating layer, a metal layer, and a base in sequence from the one electrode. In an end of the sealing member in a surface direction, a length of the insulating layer in the surface direction is equal to or longer than a length of the metal layer in the surface direction, and the length of the metal layer in the surface direction is longer than a length of the base in the surface direction by 0.1 ?m or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Tomoya HIRANO, Ryota ARAI, Takaya ITO, Nozomu TAMOTO, Masato TANAKA
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Publication number: 20230043146Abstract: A ball joint reducing influence on a characteristic by fixing a plug by swaging while preventing corotation of a bearing sheet. The ball joint includes a housing-including a housing body part and the plug fixed to the housing body part at one end portion thereof by swaging and closing the housing body part at the one end portion. The ball joint includes the cylindrical bearing sheet rotatably holding a ball part and housed and held in the housing. The bearing sheet includes a groove formed at an end facing the plug. The plug includes a projection inserted into the groove. The height of the projection is less than the depth of the groove, the width of the projection is greater than the width of the groove, and the projection contacts the bearing sheet at a width smaller on an inner side than on an outer side relative to the groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2020Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventor: Tomoya HIRANO
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Publication number: 20220214590Abstract: An electrochemical device includes a first substrate and a second substrate disposed face-to-face and each including an opposing electrode disposed on an opposing surface, and an electrolytic solution provided between the first substrate and the second substrate containing a solvent, a supporting electrolyte, a mediator, and an electrodeposition material containing Ag wherein the mediator contains one or more of Mo, Sn, Nb, Sb, and Ti.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2020Publication date: July 7, 2022Applicant: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoya HIRANO, Yuki HASEGAWA
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Publication number: 20220173165Abstract: A photoelectric conversion module includes photoelectric conversion elements electrically coupled. The photoelectric conversion elements each sequentially include first electrode, photoelectric conversion layer, and second electrode. The photoelectric conversion module includes first photoelectric conversion element, second photoelectric conversion element, coupling portion to couple the first and second photoelectric conversion elements in series, first partition portion, and second partition portion. The first electrode or the second electrode forming the first photoelectric conversion element includes a contact region in contact with the coupling portion. A value of X/(Y?X) is 0.3 or greater, where X denotes a length of the contact region and Y denotes a predetermined length in the coupling direction around the contact region.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2021Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Takaya ITO, Ryota ARAI, Tomoya HIRANO
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Publication number: 20220173263Abstract: A photoelectric conversion module includes photoelectric conversion elements electrically coupled. The photoelectric conversion elements each sequentially include first electrode, photoelectric conversion layer, and second electrode. The photoelectric conversion module includes first photoelectric conversion element, second photoelectric conversion element, and coupling portion to couple the first and second photoelectric conversion elements in series. The first electrode or the second electrode forming the first photoelectric conversion element includes a contact region in contact with the coupling portion, and a contactless region in contactless with the coupling portion and at a side of the first photoelectric conversion element relative to the coupling portion. The length of the contactless region in a coupling direction in which the first and second photoelectric conversion elements are coupled to each other is 30 mm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2021Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Ryota ARAI, Takaya ITO, Tomoya HIRANO
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Publication number: 20220146899Abstract: An optical element according to some embodiments includes: a plurality of lower electrodes spread on a surface of a lower substrate and including first and second lower electrodes arranged adjacent in a first direction in the lower substrate plane; a plurality of upper electrodes spread on a surface of an upper substrate and including a first upper electrode that faces the first lower electrode and a second upper electrode that faces a portion of the first lower electrode and the second lower electrode; and a conductive member that is sandwiched between and electrically connects the first lower electrode and the second upper electrode, the conductive member being selectively disposed in an overlap region in which the first lower electrode and the second upper electrode overlap when the first lower electrode and the second upper electrode are projected on a virtual plane parallel to the lower substrate or the upper substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2020Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Tomoya HIRANO
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Publication number: 20210274259Abstract: A video distribution server according to one embodiment of the present invention encourages communication among viewers of a live video, while strengthening the relationship between a distributor of the live video and each of the viewers. The server provides a live video distribution service for distributing and viewing live videos to users via user terminals. The server generates a combo when an input of an item by each of a plurality of viewers of the live video satisfies a predetermined combo condition, thus encouraging communication among the viewers of the live video. In addition, the benefit is given to the distributor upon the generation of the combo, which may strengthen the relationship between the distributor and each of the viewers.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: DeNA Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daisuke Mizuta, Mari Kurihara, Tomoya Hirano, Eri Matsuda
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Publication number: 20210172072Abstract: Provided is a method for treating a surface of an aluminum article capable of imparting an effective anchoring effect to a surface of the aluminum article and enabling a strong chemical bond between the surface of the aluminum article and an organic material layer such as a coated resin layer or a laminated FRP applied to the surface without using a chemical solution that is not easy to treat. In the method for treating a surface of an aluminum article according to the present invention, the surface of the aluminum article is subjected to at least one of an etching treatment, a boehmite treatment, and a zirconium treatment, and then further subjected to at least one of a silane coupling agent treatment, an isocyanate compound treatment, and a thiol compound treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2018Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Kazuo OTANI, Tomoya HIRANO, Shinji NUMAO
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Patent number: 10996534Abstract: An electro-chemical device having a cell thickness of 1 ?m-1000 ?m, comprising a first and a second substrate disposed to face each other, and having electrodes on facing surfaces, transparent electrolyte solution sandwiched between the first and the second substrates, containing electro-deposition material containing Ag, mediator, supporting electrolyte, and solvent, and having optical density not larger than 0.1 in visible light range of wavelength 400 nm-800 nm.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2019Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Tomoya Hirano
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Patent number: 10831078Abstract: A high-quality electrochemical optical device includes: first and second substrates having electrodes so that the electrodes of the second substrates are arranged to correspondingly face the electrodes of the first substrate; reaction/ion conduction layers each disposed between one electrode of the first substrate and a corresponding one electrode of the second substrate; and conduction materials disposed between the first and second substrates and between the reaction/ion conduction layers. Electrochemical optical element regions are defined in a tiling fashion at respective positions of the reaction/ion conduction layers to correspondingly include the electrodes of the first and second substrates, and the reaction/ion conduction layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Tomoya Hirano
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Patent number: 10813556Abstract: An estimation device includes at least one of a facial skin temperature acquisition unit and a facial photographic image acquisition unit, and an evaluation unit. The facial skin temperature acquisition unit acquires, in time-series, facial skin temperature data of a facial surface of a subject to which brain function activation information is provided. The facial photographic image acquisition unit obtains, in time-series, facial photographic image data obtained by imaging the facial surface of the subject to which the brain function activation information is provided. The evaluation unit evaluates a degree of interest of the subject based on at least one of the facial skin temperature data acquired by the facial skin temperature acquisition unit and the facial surface photographic image data acquired by the facial surface photographic image data acquisition unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2016Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignees: Daikin Industries, Ltd., Tokyo Institute of TechnologyInventors: Junichiro Arai, Takashi Gotou, Makoto Iwakame, Kenichi Hino, Tomoya Hirano, Yasunori Kotani, Yoshimi Ohgami, Taro Tomatsu
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Patent number: 10786207Abstract: A physiological state determination system includes a CPU and a camera. The camera acquires a photographic image data of a time-series change in facial data of a subject to which brain function activation information that activates human brain function was provided. The CPU determines a mental or physical physiological state of the subject based on facial change information corresponding to the photographic image data.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2018Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignees: Daikin Industries, Ltd., Tokyo Institute of TechnologyInventors: Junichiro Arai, Takashi Gotou, Makoto Iwakame, Kenichi Hino, Tomoya Hirano, Takahiro Hirayama, Yasunori Kotani, Yoshimi Ohgami, Taro Tomatsu
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Patent number: 10733426Abstract: A driver state determination device includes a facial change information acquisition unit acquiring facial change information indicating a time-series change in facial data of a subject, and a driver state determination unit determining the driver state of the subject based on the facial change information. The subject is selected from the group consisting of a subject driving a machine from when brain function activation information that activates human brain function is provided, a subject driving a machine from when the brain function activation information provided to the subject driving the machine is detected, and a subject performing a predetermined operation on a machine.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2016Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignees: Daikin Industries, Ltd., Tokyo Institute of TechnologyInventors: Junichiro Arai, Takashi Gotou, Makoto Iwakame, Kenichi Hino, Tomoya Hirano, Yasunori Kotani, Yoshimi Ohgami, Taro Tomatsu
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Patent number: 10709338Abstract: A useful information presentation device includes a facial skin temperature acquisition unit and/or a blood circulation volume acquisition unit, a brain activity estimation unit, and a useful information presentation unit. The facial skin temperature acquisition unit acquires facial skin temperature data in time-series. The blood circulation volume acquisition unit acquires photographic image data by imaging the facial surface in time-series. The brain activity estimation unit decomposes the facial skin temperature data and/or the facial blood circulation volume data into a plurality of components by singular value decomposition, principal component analysis, or independent component analysis, and the brain activity estimation unit estimating brain activity of the subject based on the plurality of components.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignees: Daikin Industries, Ltd., Tokyo Institute of TechnologyInventors: Junichiro Arai, Takashi Gotou, Makoto Iwakame, Kenichi Hino, Tomoya Hirano, Yasunori Kotani, Yoshimi Ohgami, Taro Tomatsu