Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Hayashi

Toshihiro Hayashi 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).

  • Patent number: 12132320
    Abstract: Disclosed is a power management device including a monitoring unit configured to monitor power usage statuses of a plurality of sites individually, a determination unit configured to determine whether to supply the surplus power to a second site of the plurality of sites when the monitoring unit detects that surplus power is generated in a first site of the plurality of sites in accordance with a prediction of a power transmission loss between the first site and the second site, and a site control unit configured to instruct the first site to supply the surplus power to the second site when the determination unit determines that the surplus power is to be supplied to the second site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Hanaoka, Hidetoshi Takada, Toshihiro Hayashi
  • Patent number: 12130315
    Abstract: There are included: generation means for generating predetermined information represented by a bit string; and control means for controlling a phase difference between current and voltage of AC power at predetermined time intervals so that each bit value included in the bit string is represented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Takada, Toshimitsu Tanaka, Toshihiro Hayashi, Naoki Hanaoka
  • Publication number: 20240328713
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a drying apparatus includes a drying chamber that holds a drying processing target in an inside thereof, a decompression device that decompresses the inside of the drying chamber; and a controller that controls the decompression device to decompress the inside of the drying chamber, thereby executing a drying processing of evaporating and removing moisture from the drying processing target. The controller executes, after the drying processing, an additional decompression processing of lowering a pressure of the inside of the drying chamber below a pressure at a time of the drying processing, for a predetermined time and determines a dry condition of the drying processing target based on a pressure of the inside of the drying chamber that has been reached after the additional decompression processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Yukinobu NISHIBE, Toshihiro HAYASHI, Hisaaki MIYASAKO, Junji ISHIHARA, Hirokazu MASUDA
  • Publication number: 20240328594
    Abstract: A printing apparatus as an example of an electronic device includes an indicator lamp that emits light in a predetermined color when an abnormality occurs. The indicator lamp includes a light source, and a light reflecting member on which light emitted from the light source is incident and that reflects the incident light. The light reflecting member includes a reflecting surface at which light is reflected. The reflecting surface includes a plurality of individual reflecting surfaces formed in a surface shape of at least a part of a conical surface having an axis forming a predetermined angle with respect to a traveling direction of incident light. The plurality of individual reflecting surfaces are arranged side by side in a first direction intersecting the traveling direction of the incident light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventor: Toshihiro HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20240322078
    Abstract: A semiconductor substrate includes a base substrate, a mask layer including an opening portion and a mask portion, and a GaN-based semiconductor layer that includes a GaN-based semiconductor. The GaN-based semiconductor layer includes: a first portion located on the mask portion; and a second portion that is located on the opening portion and has a lower dislocation density of non-threading dislocations in a cross section of the GaN-based semiconductor layer taken along a thickness direction than the first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi KAMIKAWA, Katsuaki MASAKI, Yuichiro HAYASHI, Toshihiro KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 12075276
    Abstract: In order to make it possible to report an amount of data from a secondary node (SN) to a master node (MN) in dual connectivity, there is provided a first unit according to the present disclosure which is a first unit of a central unit of a first base station. The first unit includes a controller and a transceiver. The central unit is configured to host at least PDCP layer in the first base station; and is connected to a distributed unit via a first interface, the distributed unit hosting RLC, MAC and PHY layers in the first base station. The controller is configured to host at least a user plane of the PDCP layer hosted by the central unit; and the transceiver is configured to transmit, to a second unit via a second interface, first information indicative of a volume of data processed by the first unit. The second unit is configured to host at least a control plane of the PDCP layer hosted by the central unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yokoyama, Sadafuku Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20240270004
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a printing unit configured to perform printing on a medium; a conveyance unit configured to convey the medium; a winding unit configured to wind up the medium after printing; and a prompting unit configured to prompt a user to fix a leading end of the medium to a winding core material in response to the leading end of the medium reaching a prompting position located downstream of the printing position in the printing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi HIMENO, Toshihiro HAYASHI, Daisuke SHINOHARA, Ayako KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20240270005
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a printing unit configured to perform printing on a medium; a conveyance unit configured to convey the medium; a winding unit configured to wind up the medium after printing; and a stopping unit configured to stop conveyance of the medium by the conveyance unit in response to a break of a printed image reaching a printing position in the printing unit in a state where a leading end of the medium is located in a fixing work range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi HIMENO, Toshihiro HAYASHI, Daisuke SHINOHARA, Ayako KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 12058544
    Abstract: In order to enable reporting of data volume from a secondary node (SN) to a master node (MN) in dual connectivity, a communication apparatus according to the present invention includes: an information obtaining unit configured to obtain data volume information indicating volume of data transmitted between a first base station and a terminal apparatus, the first base station operating for the terminal apparatus as a secondary node of dual connectivity using at least New Radio (NR); and a communication processing unit configured to transmit the data volume information to a second base station operating for the terminal apparatus as a master node of the dual connectivity. The volume of the data is data volume counted in a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer or between the PDCP layer and a Radio Link Control (RLC) layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yokoyama, Sadafuku Hayashi
  • Patent number: 12009670
    Abstract: Provided is a power management apparatus for determining an order of priority with respect to power supply to a consuming device at a target location in a power system that includes a plurality of locations between which power can be interchanged, the target location including at least the consuming device, a power generation unit that generates power from natural energy, a power storage unit, and a commercial power source. The power management apparatus includes a determination unit for determining an order of priority among a plurality of controlled objects including at least power supply from the power generation unit, power supply from the power storage unit, power supply from the commercial power source, and power consumption reduction by transferring a load from the consuming device, and a priority setting unit for setting the order of priority that has been determined by the determination unit for the target location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Hanaoka, Toshihiro Hayashi, Hidetoshi Takada
  • Publication number: 20240157947
    Abstract: A driver assistance apparatus includes an environment information acquisition unit and an overtaking control processor. The environment information acquisition unit acquires a traveling environment information of an own vehicle. The overtaking control processor executes overtaking control based on relative vehicle speeds and positional relations of the own vehicle with a preceding vehicle and an adjacent-lane vehicle that are detected based on the traveling environment information. The overtaking control processor includes an overtaking schedule generator and an overtaking control execution unit. The overtaking control processor generates, in advance before the overtaking control, an overtaking schedule regarding first automatic lane change control adapted to move the own vehicle to an adjacent lane and second automatic lane change control adapted to cause the own vehicle to overtake the preceding vehicle and return to an original lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Kazuaki UEDA, Shingo UGAJIN, Hiroto KOBAYASHI, Toshihiro HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11975717
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a detector and a processor. The detector is configured to detect a first stop line on the basis of map data stored in a road map database, and detect a second stop line on the basis of traveling environment data acquired by a camera unit. In a case where the detector detects the first stop line, the processor is configured to control a vehicle to decelerate at a first deceleration rate calculated on the basis of a distance from the vehicle to the first stop line. In a case where the detector detects the second stop line after detecting the first stop line, the processor is configured to control the vehicle to decelerate at a second deceleration rate calculated on the basis of a distance from the vehicle to the second stop line and stop at the second stop line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya Innami, Masatoshi Minakawa, Daiki Koike, Toshihiro Hayashi, Ryo Fukuhara
  • Patent number: 11967993
    Abstract: Provided is a communication apparatus for making connection to a communication network, including: an optical network unit; and an external power supply input/output terminal, the communication apparatus being configured such that electrical power is fed to the optical network unit from an external terminal that is connected to the external power supply input/output terminal and functions as an auxiliary power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Tanaka, Naoki Hanaoka, Toshihiro Hayashi, Hiroya Minami, Hidetoshi Takada
  • Publication number: 20240042997
    Abstract: A travel control apparatus for a vehicle includes a surrounding environment recognition device, a collision time calculator, a collision object estimator, an after-collision travel range estimator, a collision detector, and a travel control unit. The surrounding environment recognition device includes a recognizer, a collision object recognizer that recognizes an object that has a possibility to come into collision with the vehicle, and a safety degree region setter that sets safety degree regions. The collision object estimator estimates a travel route of the object and a collision position on the vehicle. The after-collision travel range estimator estimates a travel range of the vehicle after the collision based on the estimated collision position. When the collision between the vehicle and the object is detected, the travel control unit performs travel control depending on a safety degree in one of the safety degree regions in front of the travel range after the collision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroto KOBAYASHI, Takuya IWASE, Kazuaki UEDA, Toshihiro HAYASHI, Shingo UGAJIN, Kazuo NOMOTO, Kenta SOMEYA, Takumi FUNABASHI
  • Publication number: 20240042999
    Abstract: A travel control apparatus for a vehicle includes a surrounding environment recognition device, a collision time calculator, a collision object estimator, and an after-collision travel range estimator. The surrounding environment recognition device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding environment of the vehicle, and a collision object recognizer configured to recognize an object that has a possibility to come into collision with the vehicle in the recognized surrounding environment. The collision time calculator is configured to calculate a predicted time to the collision between the vehicle and the object. The collision object estimator is configured to, based on the predicted time to the collision, estimate a travel route of the object and a collision position on the vehicle where the object collides with the vehicle. The after-collision travel range estimator is configured to estimate a travel range of the vehicle after the collision based on the estimated collision position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya IWASE, Kazuaki UEDA, Shingo UGAJIN, Toshihiro HAYASHI, Kazuo NOMOTO, Hiroto KOBAYASHI, Takumi FUNABASHI, Kenta SOMEYA
  • Publication number: 20230311864
    Abstract: A drive assist apparatus for a vehicle includes one or more processors configured to: obtain a risk degree calculated for an oncoming moving body moving with a velocity component in a direction opposite to a traveling direction of the vehicle in the oncoming moving body on an oncoming lane adjoining a traveling lane of the vehicle, based on a light emission pattern of a light source unit provided in the oncoming moving body; perform, upon determining that the vehicle is highly likely to come into collision with an obstacle, emergency collision avoidance control for avoiding the collision; and recognize the oncoming moving body as the obstacle according to the risk degree and perform, prior to the emergency collision avoidance control, preliminary collision avoidance control for the oncoming moving body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya IWASE, Kazuaki UEDA, Shingo UGAJIN, Toshihiro HAYASHI, Kazuo NOMOTO, Hiroto KOBAYASHI, Takumi FUNABASHI, Kenta SOMEYA
  • Publication number: 20230234579
    Abstract: A vehicle driving assist device comprises: an oncoming moving body recognizer configured to recognize an oncoming moving body; a risk determination region setting unit configured to set a risk determination region for calculating a risk degree that decreases as a distance outward from a center of the oncoming moving body in a width direction of the oncoming moving body increases; a risk degree calculator configured to calculate the risk degree for the oncoming moving body in accordance with an overlap state between the target traveling path of the vehicle and the risk determination region; and a preliminary collision avoidance controller configured to recognize the oncoming moving body as the obstacle in accordance with the risk degree, and perform preliminary collision avoidance control in response to the oncoming moving body recognized as the obstacle prior to the emergency collision avoidance control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Shingo UGAJIN, Kazuaki UEDA, Takuya IWASE, Kazuo NOMOTO, Toshihiro HAYASHI, Hiroto KOBAYASHI, Kenta SOMEYA, Takumi FUNABASHI
  • Publication number: 20230234573
    Abstract: A vehicle driving assist device includes an oncoming moving body recognizer configured to recognize an oncoming moving body; a lateral position distribution characteristics acquisition unit configured to acquire distribution characteristics of a lateral position of the oncoming moving body; a risk determination region setting unit configured to set, based on the distribution characteristics, a risk determination region for calculating a risk degree; a risk degree calculator configured to calculate the risk degree for the oncoming moving body; and a preliminary collision avoidance controller configured to recognize the oncoming moving body as the obstacle in accordance with the risk degree, and perform preliminary collision avoidance control in response to the oncoming moving body prior to the emergency collision avoidance control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Takuya IWASE, Kazuaki UEDA, Shingo UGAJIN, Toshihiro HAYASHI, Kazuo NOMOTO, Hiroto KOBAYASHI, Takumi FUNABASHI, Kenta SOMEYA
  • Publication number: 20230234575
    Abstract: A vehicle driving assist device includes a processor that functions as a receiver, an emergency collision avoidance controller, and a preliminary collision avoidance controller. The receiver receives, in relation to an oncoming moving body moving in an oncoming lane adjacent to a traveling lane of a vehicle and having a velocity component in a direction opposite to a traveling direction of the vehicle, a risk degree calculated based on a history of a distance from a lane marker defining the oncoming lane to the oncoming moving body, by communication with a device outside the vehicle. Upon determination that the vehicle is highly likely to collide with an obstacle, the emergency collision avoidance controller performs emergency collision avoidance control. The preliminary collision avoidance controller recognizes the oncoming moving body as the obstacle in accordance with the risk degree, and performs preliminary control prior to the emergency collision avoidance control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Takuya IWASE, Kazuaki UEDA, Shingo UGAJIN, Toshihiro HAYASHI, Kazuo NOMOTO, Hiroto KOBAYASHI, Takumi FUNABASHI, Kenta SOMEYA
  • Publication number: 20230234574
    Abstract: A vehicle driving assist device includes a traveling environment recognizer, an obstacle recognizer, an emergency collision, an oncoming moving body recognizer, a lateral position calculator, a risk degree calculator, and a preliminary collision avoidance controller. The obstacle recognizer recognizes, based on information recognized by a traveling environment recognizer, an obstacle on a vehicle's traveling path. An emergency collision avoidance controller performs emergency collision avoidance control for avoiding a collision with the obstacle. An oncoming moving body recognizer recognizes, an oncoming moving body in an oncoming lane. A lateral position calculator calculates a distance from a lane marker defining the oncoming lane to a reference position of the oncoming moving body. A risk degree calculator calculates a risk degree for the oncoming moving body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Takumi FUNABASHI, Kazuaki UEDA, Takuya IWASE, Shingo UGAJIN, Toshihiro HAYASHI, Kazuo NOMOTO, Hiroto KOBAYASHI, Kenta SOMEYA