Patents by Inventor Toshiaki Yamashita

Toshiaki Yamashita 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).

  • Publication number: 20240105066
    Abstract: A flying body identification system according to the present example embodiment includes: a flying body; a communication terminal configured to obtain an airframe ID of the flying body; and a control system configured to control an operation of the flying body. The control system is also configured to: manage the airframe ID and a plurality of pieces of information regarding the flying body indicated by the airframe ID so as to be associated with each other; select, in a case where an inquiry message containing the airframe ID and an authority level assigned to the communication terminal is received from the communication terminal, information to be transmitted to the communication terminal among the plurality of pieces of information regarding the flying body associated with the airframe ID in accordance with the authority level of the communication terminal; and transmit the selected information to the communication terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Yamashita, Hideo Adachi, Hisashi Mizumoto
  • Patent number: 11939667
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a wavelength conversion member, includes: providing a wavelength conversion layer having a phosphor-containing portion and a light reflecting portion surrounding the phosphor-containing portion, and the wavelength conversion layer having an upper surface, a bottom surface and at least one side surface; forming a light-blocking film on the upper surface of the wavelength conversion layer; and removing a part of the light-blocking film by laser processing to expose at least a part of the phosphor-containing portion from the light-blocking film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Eboshi, Hiroaki Yuto, Hiroki Sakata, Toshiaki Yamashita, Akinori Hara
  • Publication number: 20240078917
    Abstract: A flying object according to example embodiments includes an airframe ID control unit configured to hold an airframe ID of the flying object changed according to a predetermined change pattern, and a communication unit configured to transmit the airframe ID. An air traffic control system according to the example embodiments includes a communication unit configured to acquire a first airframe ID and position information transmitted from a flying object, and an identification unit configured to identify the flying object using the first airframe ID. When the communication unit acquires a second airframe ID different from the first airframe ID after acquiring the first airframe ID, the identification unit determines whether or not the second airframe ID indicates the flying object based on a change between the position information at the time of acquiring the first airframe ID and the position information at the time of acquiring the second airframe ID.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Yamashita, Hideo Adachi, Hisashi Mizumoto
  • Publication number: 20240078920
    Abstract: An air traffic control system (31) according to the present disclosure includes a communication unit (4) configured to receive, from a communication terminal (40), an image including a flying object (2) captured by the communication terminal (40) and position information about the communication terminal (40), an estimation unit (8) configured to estimate a position of the flying object (2) using background information and the position information included in the image, and an identification unit (5) configured to identify the flying object (2) using the estimated position of the flying object (2). The communication unit (4) transmits information about the identified flying object (2) to the communication terminal (40).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Yamashita, Hideo Adachi, Hisashi Mizumoto
  • Patent number: 11920068
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wavelength conversion member that includes a sintered body having a light incidence face, a light emission face, and a light reflecting face different from the light incidence face and the light emission face, the method comprising: providing a sintered body containing inorganic particles and phosphor particles, and forming a plurality of recessed portions on the light reflecting face of the sintered body, which comprises acid treating the sintered body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiaki Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20240063349
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes first and second light-emitting elements, an optical member, and a wavelength conversion member. The optical member includes an optical action layer configured to reflect or transmit light in accordance with a wavelength of the light. The optical action layer is configured to reflect first emission light emitted from the first light-emitting element and second emission light emitted from the second light-emitting element. The wavelength conversion member is configured to receive the first emission light reflected by the optical action layer of the optical member, to convert a wavelength of the first emission light, and to emit a wavelength-converted light having a converted wavelength. The optical action layer of the optical member is configured to transmit the wavelength-converted light. The optical member is arranged so that the wavelength-converted light and the second emission light are emitted from an upward-facing surface of the optical action layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventor: Toshiaki YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 11884219
    Abstract: A wire harness attachment structure for a vehicle seat capable of being flipped up from a usage position where the vehicle seat is disposed on a floor to a storage position where the vehicle seat is disposed along a standing wall portion of a vehicle body, includes: a rotation shaft that couples the vehicle seat to the standing wall portion; a guide member including a pair of wall portions arranged to face each other in an axial direction of the rotation shaft, and being partly opened in a radial direction between the wall portions; and a wire harness that electrically couples the vehicle seat and the vehicle body. A portion of the wire harness is disposed between the wall portions and does not come into contact with a member other than the wall portions when the vehicle seat is flipped up from the usage position to the storage position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keita Tsuji, Shingo Kuroiwa, Toshiaki Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20230332758
    Abstract: A wavelength conversion member includes three or more light-emitting portions, and two or more light shielding layers. Each of the three or more light-emitting portions has a phosphor, is separated from each other, and is disposed to be aligned in a first direction. Each of the two or more light shielding layers is disposed between the two light-emitting portions adjacent to each other. The light-emitting portion and the light shielding layer are alternately aligned in the first direction. In the first direction, a length of each of the light-emitting portions is in a range of 0.3 mm to 2.0 mm. An interval in the first direction between the two light-emitting portions adjacent to each other is in a range of 0.1 mm to 2.0 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventor: Toshiaki YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20230327399
    Abstract: A light emission device includes: a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements; an optical element configured to collimate light emitted from each of the plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements and output a plurality of collimated beams; and a paraboloid reflector configured to be irradiated with the plurality of collimated beams. The plurality of collimated beams reflected by the paraboloid reflector are converged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori HARA, Toshiaki YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20230318256
    Abstract: A laser light source includes: a submount; a semiconductor laser element fixed to the submount, the semiconductor laser element having a light-exiting surface through which laser light is to be emitted; a lens member having a light incident surface on which the laser light is incident and a bonding surface that extends laterally from the light incident surface; a supporting member connecting the lens member and the submount together so that the light incident surface of the lens member faces the light-exiting surface of the semiconductor laser element; and an inorganic bonding layer bonding the bonding surface of the lens member and the supporting member together. Between the light incident surface and the bonding surface, the lens member has a surface extending in a direction intersecting the light incident surface and the bonding surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicants: NICHIA CORPORATION, FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki TAKEDA, Norihiro DEJIMA, Kazuma KOZURU, Toshiaki YAMASHITA, Akira YUKUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230299248
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an optical member includes: preparing a first light-transmissive member and a first molded body made of an inorganic material and surrounding at least one or more lateral surfaces of the first light-transmissive member; firing the first molded body at a first temperature to obtain a first light-reflective member; bonding an upper surface of the first light-transmissive member to a lower surface of a second light-transmissive member; forming, on an upper surface of the first light-reflective member, a second molded body made of an inorganic material and surrounding at least one or more lateral surfaces of the second light-transmissive member; and firing the second molded body at a second temperature lower than the first temperature to obtain a second light-reflective member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventor: Toshiaki YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 11736040
    Abstract: An ultrasonic motor is provided that includes a stator having a vibrator and first to fourth piezoelectric elements, a rotor, and a wiring member including an insulating substrate and first and second wirings. The piezoelectric elements are dispersedly arranged along the circumferential direction of a traveling wave circulating around an axial direction so that the traveling wave is generated by the vibrator being vibrated. The first and third piezoelectric elements face each other across the center of a traveling wave. The first wiring is electrically connected to the first and third piezoelectric elements, and the second wiring is electrically connected to the second and fourth piezoelectric elements. The second wiring passes over the third piezoelectric element from the second piezoelectric element side and extends toward the side of fourth piezoelectric element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Yamashita, Tsuguji Kambayashi
  • Patent number: 11721950
    Abstract: A light emission device includes: a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements; an optical element configured to collimate light emitted from each of the plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements and output a plurality of collimated beams; a converging portion having a surface of a hyperboloid or a paraboloid configured to converge the plurality of collimated beams; and a wavelength-converting portion including a transmissive region, and a reflective region that surrounds the transmissive region, the transmissive region including a light-incident surface at which the plurality of collimated beams that have been converged by the converging portion enter, wherein the transmissive region includes a phosphor adapted to be excited by the plurality of collimated beams that have been converged by the converging portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori Hara, Toshiaki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11722075
    Abstract: An ultrasonic motor is provided that includes a stator including first and second piezoelectric elements provided on a first main surface of a vibrator having a plate shape, a rotor in direct or indirect contact with a second main surface of the vibrator, and a wiring member connected to the first and second piezoelectric elements. Moreover, the wiring member includes first and second connection members connected to the first and second piezoelectric elements, a central wiring portion connected to the first and second connection members and provided in a region including a center of an axial direction, and an extended wiring portion connected to the central wiring portion. The central wiring portion is fixed to the first main surface of the vibrator and the extended wiring portion is lifted from the first main surface of the vibrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuguji Kambayashi, Toshiaki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11719415
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wavelength conversion member includes: preparing a composite by layering a layered body and a ceramic sheet that includes a phosphor, the layered body including a pair of light-reflective green sheets each containing a reflective material, and a light-shielding green sheet containing a light shielding material with the light-shielding green sheet being layered between the pair of reflective green sheets; and pressurizing and firing the composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiaki Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20230240144
    Abstract: An ultrasonic motor is provided with increased torque without an increase in size. The ultrasonic motor includes a stator having a plate-shaped vibrating body including first and second main surfaces and a piezoelectric element on the first main surface; and a rotor in contact with the second main surface. The piezoelectric element is disposed along a circumferential direction of a traveling wave so as to generate the traveling wave circulating around an axial direction Z by vibrating the vibrating body. The piezoelectric element vibrates the vibrating body in a vibration mode including a nodal line extending in the circumferential direction. A mass addition portion is provided along the circumferential direction on at least one of the first and second main surfaces of the vibrating body 3, and the mass addition portion is located outside the nodal line in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction Z.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Toshiaki YAMASHITA, Tsuguji KAMBAYASHI, Hideaki KASHIURA, Hiroshi ASANO
  • Publication number: 20230237915
    Abstract: A power supply information determination apparatus acquires, for each of one or a plurality of landing places each including equipment on which a battery-driven vertical take-off and landing aircraft capable of autonomously flying can land, aircraft information about the aircraft flying in a surrounding region of a landing place, and place information about the landing place. The place information includes facility information indicating a power supply facility and an attached power supply facility capable of supplying power in a landing state and a non-landing state, respectively. Both facilities are provided at the landing place. The apparatus determines a facility of at least one of a power supply facility and an attached power supply facility of each aircraft, a power supply start time to the facility, and a waiting period, based on the acquired information about each aircraft and each landing place, and transmits determined information to the corresponding aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hisashi Mizumoto, Toshiaki Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20230196930
    Abstract: A landing information determination apparatus according to this example embodiment includes an acquisition unit, a determination unit, and a communication unit. The acquisition unit acquires, for each of a plurality of landing places each including a facility on which an aircraft capable of autonomously flying can land, aircraft information being information concerning the aircraft flying in a surrounding area of a landing place, and place information being information concerning the landing place. The determination unit determines a landing place for each of the aircrafts and a flight path to the landing place, based on the aircraft information for each of the aircrafts, and the place information for each of the landing places, which are acquired by the acquisition unit. The communication unit transmits information indicating the landing place and the flight path for each of the aircrafts, which are determined by the determination unit, to the corresponding aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hisashi Mizumoto, Toshiaki Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20230177967
    Abstract: A flight path generation apparatus (300) is configured to generate a flight path for an aircraft (100) capable of autonomously flying, and includes: an airframe information acquisition unit (301) configured to acquire airframe information including airframe IDs and take-off places of a plurality of aircraft (100); a movement information acquisition unit (302) configured to acquire movement information related to scheduled take-off times and destinations of the plurality of aircraft; a generation unit (303) configured to generate flight paths from the take-off places to landing places corresponding to the destinations based on the airframe information and the movement information; and a communication unit (304) configured to transmit the flight paths to the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hisashi Mizumoto, Toshiaki Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20230151946
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wavelength conversion member includes: preparing a composite by layering a layered body and a ceramic sheet that includes a phosphor, the layered body including a pair of light-reflective green sheets each containing a reflective material, and a light-shielding green sheet containing a light shielding material with the light-shielding green sheet being layered between the pair of reflective green sheets; and pressurizing and firing the composite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventor: Toshiaki YAMASHITA