Patents by Inventor Toru Nakanishi
Toru Nakanishi 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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Publication number: 20190318844Abstract: A cable with an operation unit having an operation unit provided on a middle of a cable which includes a plurality of core electric wires. The plurality of core electric wires are bundled to form a bundle of electric wires, the bundle of electric wires is divided into two groups, each of which is covered with a coating resin, and the cable includes a separated part at each of front and rear parts of the operation unit by a predetermined length, in which bundles of electric wires of the two groups are separately configured, and an integrated part in which the bundles of electric wires of the two groups are integrated at a part except the separated part. A boundary part between the separated part and the integrated part is covered with a reinforcing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2016Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Nobuyuki YAMAZAKI, Toru NAKANISHI, Takayoshi KOINUMA
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Patent number: 10423971Abstract: The disclosure includes implementations for providing a recommendation to a driver of a second DSRC-equipped vehicle. The recommendation may describe an estimate of how long it would take the second DSRC-equipped vehicle to receive a roadside service from a drive-through business. A method according to some implementations may include receiving, by the second DSRC-equipped vehicle, a Dedicated Short Range Communication message (“DSRC message”) that includes path history data. The path history data may describe a path of a first DSRC-equipped vehicle over a plurality of different times while the first DSRC-equipped vehicle is located in a queue of the drive-through business. The method may include determining delay time data for the second DSRC-equipped vehicle based on the path history data for the first DSRC-equipped vehicle. The delay time data may describe the estimate. The method may include providing the recommendation to the driver. The recommendation may include the estimate.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2016Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Inventors: Gaurav Bansal, Hongsheng Lu, John Kenney, Toru Nakanishi
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Publication number: 20190273895Abstract: In a case where an AddVideoEncoderConfiguation command received by a communication unit 1005 includes a second identifier and a VideoEncoderConfiguration stored in a storage unit 1002 is added to a media profile stored in the storage unit 1002, an imaging apparatus removes the VideoEncoderConfiguration from the MediaProflie stored in the storage unit 1002 and reads a VideoEncoderConfiguration2 associated with the second identifier, which the command received by the communication unit 1005 includes, from the storage unit 1002, and adds the read VideoEncoderConfiguration2 to the MediaProflie stored in the storage unit 1002.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2019Publication date: September 5, 2019Inventor: Toru Nakanishi
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Patent number: 10395521Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for managing traffic in a roadway system based on Basic Safety Message data (“BSM data”) included in a set of Basic Safety Messages (“BSMs”). The method may include wirelessly receiving a set of BSMs describing a set of vehicles traveling along the roadway system. Each BSM included in the set of BSMs may describe a specific vehicle included in the set of vehicles, including that vehicle's lane, speed and heading of travel. The method may include analyzing the BSM data to determine whether there is an imbalance of traffic flow among a first set of vehicles traveling towards a first heading and a second set of vehicles traveling towards a second heading. The method may include determining that the bidirectional lane will be reconfigured so that traffic in the bidirectional lane flows towards the second heading based on the imbalance of traffic flow.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2018Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Inventors: Gaurav Bansal, Hongsheng Lu, John Kenney, Toru Nakanishi
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Publication number: 20190205907Abstract: The disclosure includes implementations for providing a recommendation to a driver of a second DSRC-equipped vehicle. The recommendation may describe an estimate of how long it would take the second DSRC-equipped vehicle to receive a roadside service from a drive-through business. A method according to some implementations may include receiving, by the second DSRC-equipped vehicle, a Dedicated Short Range Communication message (“DSRC message”) that includes path history data. The path history data may describe a path of a first DSRC-equipped vehicle over a plurality of different times while the first DSRC-equipped vehicle is located in a queue of the drive-through business. The method may include determining delay time data for the second DSRC-equipped vehicle based on the path history data for the first DSRC-equipped vehicle. The delay time data may describe the estimate. The method may include providing the recommendation to the driver. The recommendation may include the estimate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2019Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Gaurav Bansal, Hongsheng Lu, John Kenney, Toru Nakanishi
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Patent number: 10306173Abstract: An imaging apparatus can communicate with an external apparatus via a network. The imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to capture an image of a target object, a coding unit configured to compress a video captured by the imaging unit, and a reception unit configured to receive at least two types of coding method setting commands, which can be used to set a coding method to be used by the coding unit, via the network. The imaging apparatus further includes a conversion unit configured to automatically convert coding method information to be set by coding setting command into at least one type of different coding method information, and a storage unit configured to store coding method information to be set by the coding setting command and the coding method information converted by the conversion unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2018Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Toru Nakanishi
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Patent number: 10284821Abstract: In a case where an Add VideoEncoderConfiguation command received by a communication unit 1005 includes a second identifier and a VideoEncoderConfiguration stored in a storage unit 1002 is added to a media profile stored in the storage unit 1002, an imaging apparatus removes the VideoEncoderConfiguration from the MediaProflie stored in the storage unit 1002 and reads a VideoEncoderConfiguration2 associated with the second identifier, which the command received by the communication unit 1005 includes, from the storage unit 1002, and adds the read VideoEncoderConfiguration2 to the MediaProflie stored in the storage unit 1002.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2015Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Toru Nakanishi
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Patent number: 10247733Abstract: It is intended to find a highly specific epithelial ovarian cancer marker and to provide an antibody capable of specifically recognizing and detecting the marker or a fragment of the antibody. The present invention provides an anti-?1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase 5B antibody for diagnosis of epithelial ovarian cancer, i.e., an antibody for detection of a glycosyltransferase ?1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase 5B as an epithelial ovarian cancer marker. The antibody recognizes, as an epitope, a part of a polypeptide of the enzyme consisting of the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2012Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyInventors: Maki Sogabe, Tomomi Kubota, Akira Togayachi, Yuzuru Ikehara, Hisashi Narimatsu, Hiromichi Sawaki, Hayao Nakanishi, Toru Nakanishi
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Publication number: 20190041489Abstract: The disclosure includes implementations for determining a position of a vehicle using millimeter wave narrow beamforming. A method may include receiving a set of training packets that each uniquely identify a position on a portion of a roadway where the vehicle is located. Each of the training packets included in the set may be associated with only one of the millimeter wave narrow beams. The method may include identifying a training packet included in the set of training packets that has a highest receive power level among the set of training packets. The method may include determining the position uniquely identified by the training packet having the highest receive power level. The method may include determining positional information for the vehicle based on the position uniquely identified by the training packet having the highest receive power level. The positional information may describe a location of the vehicle on the roadway.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2018Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: Vutha Va, Takayuki Shimizu, Gaurav Bansal, Toru Nakanishi
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Patent number: 10170243Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including dielectric layers stacked on one another, inner electrodes, and auxiliary electrodes, and outer electrodes on end surfaces of the multilayer body. The inner electrodes include first through fifth inner electrodes on different planes. The auxiliary electrodes include a first auxiliary electrode on the same plane as the first inner electrode, a second auxiliary electrode on the same plane as the second inner electrode, a third auxiliary electrode on the same plane as the third inner electrode, and a fourth auxiliary electrode on the same plane as the fourth inner electrode.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2017Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Toru Nakanishi
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Patent number: 10107889Abstract: The disclosure includes implementations for determining a position of a vehicle using millimeter wave narrow beamforming. A method may include receiving a set of training packets that each uniquely identify a position on a portion of a roadway where the vehicle is located. Each of the training packets included in the set may be associated with only one of the millimeter wave narrow beams. The method may include identifying a training packet included in the set of training packets that has a highest receive power level among the set of training packets. The method may include determining the position uniquely identified by the training packet having the highest receive power level. The method may include determining positional information for the vehicle based on the position uniquely identified by the training packet having the highest receive power level. The positional information may describe a location of the vehicle on the roadway.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2016Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Inventors: Vutha Va, Takayuki Shimizu, Gaurav Bansal, Toru Nakanishi
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Publication number: 20180286225Abstract: The disclosure includes implementations for estimating a presence of an obstruction in a roadway using wireless vehicle data. A method may include receiving a Dedicated Short Range Communication (“DSRC”) message that includes path history data describing a path of a first DSRC-equipped vehicle with lane-level accuracy over a plurality of different times while the first DSRC-equipped vehicle is traveling on a roadway. The method may include determining a presence of an obstruction in a specific lane of the roadway based on the path history data. The obstruction may be indicated by the path history data because the path history data indicates that the obstruction affected the path of the first DSRC-equipped vehicle while traveling in the specific lane of the roadway. The method may include providing a recommendation to a driver of a second DSRC-equipped vehicle. The recommendation may describe the presence of the obstruction in the specific lane.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Hongsheng Lu, Gaurav Bansal, John Kenney, Toru Nakanishi
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Patent number: 10083793Abstract: A method for producing a metal powder that includes a first step of uniformly arranging a metal compound on a metal particle, and a second step of converting the metal compound uniformly arranged on the metal particle into a complex metal compound. In the first step, a solution that contains at least one metal element and at least one group 4 element different from the metal element is prepared, the solution being adjusted to have a pH of 5 or less. The prepared solution is mixed with a reductant solution to coprecipitate the metal and the metal compound, thereby producing a slurry that contains a metal powder containing the metal combined with the metal compound. In the second step, a solution or a powder containing at least one second metal element is added to the slurry to convert the metal compound into the complex metal compound.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2015Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Toru Nakanishi, Naoaki Ogata
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Publication number: 20180255262Abstract: An imaging apparatus can communicate with an external apparatus via a network. The imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to capture an image of a target object, a coding unit configured to compress a video captured by the imaging unit, and a reception unit configured to receive at least two types of coding method setting commands, which can be used to set a coding method to be used by the coding unit, via the network. The imaging apparatus further includes a conversion unit configured to automatically convert coding method information to be set by coding setting command into at least one type of different coding method information, and a storage unit configured to store coding method information to be set by the coding setting command and the coding method information converted by the conversion unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2018Publication date: September 6, 2018Inventor: Toru Nakanishi
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Publication number: 20180204449Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for managing traffic in a roadway system based on Basic Safety Message data (“BSM data”) included in a set of Basic Safety Messages (“BSMs”). The method may include wirelessly receiving a set of BSMs describing a set of vehicles traveling along the roadway system. Each BSM included in the set of BSMs may describe a specific vehicle included in the set of vehicles, including that vehicle's lane, speed and heading of travel. The method may include analyzing the BSM data to determine whether there is an imbalance of traffic flow among a first set of vehicles traveling towards a first heading and a second set of vehicles traveling towards a second heading. The method may include determining that the bidirectional lane will be reconfigured so that traffic in the bidirectional lane flows towards the second heading based on the imbalance of traffic flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2018Publication date: July 19, 2018Inventors: Gaurav Bansal, Hongsheng Lu, John Kenney, Toru Nakanishi
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Patent number: 10013877Abstract: The disclosure includes implementations for estimating a presence of an obstruction in a roadway using wireless vehicle data. A method may include receiving a Dedicated Short Range Communication (“DSRC”) message that includes path history data describing a path of a first DSRC-equipped vehicle with lane-level accuracy over a plurality of different times while the first DSRC-equipped vehicle is traveling on a roadway. The method may include determining a presence of an obstruction in a specific lane of the roadway based on the path history data. The obstruction may be indicated by the path history data because the path history data indicates that the obstruction affected the path of the first DSRC-equipped vehicle while traveling in the specific lane of the roadway. The method may include providing a recommendation to a driver of a second DSRC-equipped vehicle. The recommendation may describe the presence of the obstruction in the specific lane.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Inventors: Hongsheng Lu, Gaurav Bansal, John Kenney, Toru Nakanishi
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Patent number: 9992438Abstract: An imaging apparatus can communicate with an external apparatus via a network. The imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to capture an image of a target object, a coding unit configured to compress a video captured by the imaging unit, and a reception unit configured to receive at least two types of coding method setting commands, which can be used to set a coding method to be used by the coding unit, via the network. The imaging apparatus further includes a conversion unit configured to automatically convert coding method information to be set by coding setting command into at least one type of different coding method information, and a storage unit configured to store coding method information to be set by the coding setting command and the coding method information converted by the conversion unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2015Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Toru Nakanishi
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Patent number: 9947475Abstract: A ceramic capacitor includes first and second first internal electrodes respectively including first and second extended portions that respectively include a plurality of ceramic columns penetrating the first and the second extended portions, respectively, in a thickness direction. The first extended portion includes a first high ceramic-column density portion in which ceramic columns are provided at intervals of about 20 ?m or less along the length direction of the extended portion. The second extended portion includes a second high ceramic-column density portion in which ceramic columns are provided at intervals of about 20 ?m or less along the length direction of the extended portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2016Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Toru Nakanishi
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Patent number: 9940832Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for managing traffic in a roadway system based on Basic Safety Message data (“BSM data”) included in a set of Basic Safety Messages (“BSMs”). The method may include wirelessly receiving a set of BSMs describing a set of vehicles traveling along the roadway system. Each BSM included in the set of BSMs may describe a specific vehicle included in the set of vehicles, including that vehicle's lane, speed and heading of travel. The method may include analyzing the BSM data to determine whether there is an imbalance of traffic flow among a first set of vehicles traveling towards a first heading and a second set of vehicles traveling towards a second heading. The method may include determining that the bidirectional lane will be reconfigured so that traffic in the bidirectional lane flows towards the second heading based on the imbalance of traffic flow.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2016Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Inventors: Gaurav Bansal, Hongsheng Lu, John Kenney, Toru Nakanishi
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Patent number: 9936118Abstract: An image capture apparatus capable of communicating with an external apparatus via a network has a change unit configured to change an image capture position of image capturing means for capturing an image of an object. In response to a request received from an external apparatus, the image capture apparatus generates a response including a first field in which the operation state of the change unit is described, and sends the generated response to the external apparatus. Here, if the change unit is in initialization, the image capture apparatus generates a response that specifies that the change unit is in initialization using a combination of descriptions in multiple fields, including the first field.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2015Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mitsuo Niida, Takahiro Iwasaki, Toru Nakanishi