Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Shimizu

Toshihiro Shimizu 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: 20220097371
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a piezoelectric element and a vibrating plate configured to vibrate in response to actuation of the piezoelectric element, the vibrating plate including a first layer that contains SiO2 and a second layer that contains ZrO2 and that is stacked on the first layer. The second layer contains a first impurity element different from Zr, and the concentration of the first impurity element at an interface in contact with the first layer in the second layer is higher than the concentration of the first impurity element in an internal region that is included in the second layer and that is contiguous from the interface to the surface of the second layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Harunobu Koike, Tatsuo Sawasaki, Masao Nakayama, Chihiro Nishi, Toshihiro Shimizu, Yasushi Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20220084243
    Abstract: A rear-facing camera captures a live-action video image while a front-facing camera captures an image of a distributor. An avatar controller controls an avatar based on the image of the distributor captured by the front-facing camera. A synthesizer arranges the avatar in a predetermined position of a real space coordinate system and synthesizes the avatar with the live-action video image. The face of the distributor captured by the front-facing camera is tracked and reflected on the avatar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: DWANGO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuo KAWAKAMI, Shinnosuke IWAKI, Takashi KOJIMA, Toshihiro SHIMIZU, Hiroaki SAITO
  • Publication number: 20220063273
    Abstract: A piezoelectric device includes a piezoelectric body, a vibration plate that vibrates when the piezoelectric body is driven, a first electrode positioned between the piezoelectric body and the vibration plate, and a second electrode positioned to be separated from the first electrode by the piezoelectric body. The piezoelectric body has an active portion that is a part sandwiched between the first electrode and the second electrode in a first direction along a thickness direction of the piezoelectric body, and a change width of a dC/dV value, which represents a change in capacitance with respect to a change in a voltage applied along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, from one end of the active portion on a side of the first electrode to the other end of the active portion on a side of the second electrode in the first direction is 10% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventor: Toshihiro SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20210394513
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus is provided comprising: a liquid ejecting head; and a controller. The liquid ejecting head including: a nozzle from which a liquid is ejected; a first communication passage that is in communication with the first nozzle; a first pressure compartment; a first drive element that changes a pressure of the first pressure compartment; a first passage that connects the first pressure compartment and the first communication passage; a second pressure compartment; a second drive element that changes a pressure of the second pressure compartment; a second passage that connects the second pressure compartment and the first communication passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Hiromu MIYAZAWA, Toshihiro SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20210383475
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores a transaction program for causing a computer to execute processing including: acquiring a selling limit and buying limit for each contract; creating, on the basis of a difference between the acquired selling limit and a next transaction price and a difference between the next transaction price and the acquired buying limit, a dissatisfaction function that represents dissatisfaction of an investor for each contract with the next transaction price as a variable; mating a total dissatisfaction function for all contracts on the basis of the dissatisfaction function created for each contract; and determining the next transaction price on the basis of a value of the created total dissatisfaction function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshihiro Shimizu, Akihito Nakamura, Motohiro KOSAKI, Akihiro Kuwabara
  • Publication number: 20210383474
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores a trading program for causing a computer to execute a process including: acquiring a number of sell orders for each of sell limits and a number of buy orders for each of buy limits; executing one of pairings of one of the sell orders and one of the buy orders in which one of the sell limits of the one of the sell orders is equal to or lower than one of the buy limits of the one of the buy orders, among the pairings of the sell orders and the buy orders, based on the acquired number of the sell orders for each of the sell limits and the acquired number of the buy orders for each of the buy limits; and resolving an execution price for each of executions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshihiro Shimizu, Akihito Nakamura, Motohiro KOSAKI, Akihiro Kuwabara
  • Publication number: 20210383473
    Abstract: A recording medium stores a transaction program for causing a computer to execute processing including: creating, on the basis of a difference between a selling limit and a next transaction price and a difference between the next transaction price and a buying limit, a dissatisfaction function that represents dissatisfaction of an investor for each contract with the next transaction price as a variable; creating a total dissatisfaction function for all contracts on the basis of the dissatisfaction function created for each contract; specifying, among values of the created total dissatisfaction functions, a value from a predetermined number from a smallest value; and determining the optimum number of contracts on the basis of a plurality of the values from the predetermined number obtained by executing the processing of creating the dissatisfaction function, creating the total dissatisfaction function, and specifying the value from the predetermined number, while changing the number of contracts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshihiro Shimizu, Akihito Nakamura, Motohiro KOSAKI, Akihiro Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 11195302
    Abstract: A rear-facing camera captures a live-action video image while a front-facing camera captures an image of a distributor. An avatar controller controls an avatar based on the image of the distributor captured by the front-facing camera. A synthesizer arranges the avatar in a predetermined position of a real space coordinate system and synthesizes the avatar with the live-action video image. The face of the distributor captured by the front-facing camera is tracked and reflected on the avatar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: DWANGO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuo Kawakami, Shinnosuke Iwaki, Takashi Kojima, Toshihiro Shimizu, Hiroaki Saito
  • Publication number: 20210374856
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores a trading program far causing a computer to execute a process including: acquiring a number of sell orders for each of sell limits and a number of buy orders for each of buy limits; executing one of pairings of one of the sell orders and one of the buy orders in which one of the sell limits of the one of the sell orders is equal to or lower than one of the buy limits of the one of the buy orders, among the pairings of the sell orders and the buy orders, based on the acquired number of the sell orders for each of the sell limits and the acquired number of the buy orders for each of the buy limits; and resolving an execution price for each of executions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshihiro Shimizu, Takumi Honda, Akihito Nakamura, Motohiro KOSAKI, Akihiro Kuwabara
  • Publication number: 20210362495
    Abstract: An electric current based on electric charge produced on the piezoelectric body changes by going through a first path, a second path, a third path, and a fourth path in this order. On the first path, the electric current becomes larger as the voltage becomes higher. On the second path, the electric current becomes smaller as the voltage becomes higher. On the third path, the electric current becomes larger as the voltage becomes higher. On the fourth path, the electric current becomes smaller as the voltage becomes higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Yasuaki HAMADA, Shunsuke YOSHIDA, Yasuhiro ITAYAMA, Toshihiro SHIMIZU, Masao NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210362501
    Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes: a piezoelectric body; an vibration plate to be vibrated by a drive of the piezoelectric body; and a pressure chamber substrate including a pressure chamber which applies a pressure to a liquid by an vibration of the vibration plate; the pressure chamber substrate, the vibration plate, and the piezoelectric body are laminated in this order; and the vibration plate includes: a first layer containing silicon as a constituent element, a second layer which is disposed between the first layer and the piezoelectric body and which contains as a constituent element, a metal element selected from chromium, titanium, and aluminum, and a third layer which is disposed between the second layer and the piezoelectric body and which contains zirconium as a constituent element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Toshihiro SHIMIZU, Harunobu KOIKE, Takanori AIMONO, Masao NAKAYAMA, Tatsuo SAWASAKI, Chihiro NISHI, Noritaka MOCHIZUKI, Yasushi YAMAZAKI, Osamu TONOMURA
  • Patent number: 11148419
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus is provided comprising: a liquid ejecting head; and a controller. The liquid ejecting head including: a nozzle from which a liquid is ejected; a first communication passage that is in communication with the first nozzle; a first pressure compartment; a first drive element that changes a pressure of the first pressure compartment; a first passage that connects the first pressure compartment and the first communication passage; a second pressure compartment; a second drive element that changes a pressure of the second pressure compartment; a second passage that connects the second pressure compartment and the first communication passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Inventors: Hiromu Miyazawa, Toshihiro Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20210264046
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium has stored therein a program that causes a computer to execute a process including generating a data processing sequence in which a plurality of processing histories including processing contents of data are linked by chain coupling, setting a first processing history, to which access is restricted, in the data processing sequence, generating a second processing history that is associated with the first processing history, chain-coupling the second processing history to the data processing sequence, generating a third processing history that is chain-coupled to the first processing history and the second processing history, disclosing a first data chain that passes the first processing history to an owner of an access right to the first processing history, and disclosing a second data chain that passes the second processing history without passing the first processing history to a non-owner of the access right.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshihiro SHIMIZU, Itaru NAKAGAWA, Akira Ito
  • Publication number: 20210233325
    Abstract: A rear-facing camera captures a live-action video image while a front-facing camera captures an image of a distributor. The avatar controller controls an avatar based on the image of the distributor captured by the front-facing camera, and move the position of the avatar in the real space coordinate system according to the position of the video synthesis device in the real space coordinate system. A synthesizer arranges the avatar in a predetermined position of a real space coordinate system and synthesizes the avatar with the live-action video image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2018
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Nobuo KAWAKAMI, Shinnosuke IWAKI, Takashi KOJIMA, Toshihiro SHIMIZU, Hiroaki SAITO
  • Publication number: 20210204014
    Abstract: The present disclosure has a configuration in which a distributor who performs a separate distribution that is different from this live content, or a viewer who views this separate distribution can participate in a virtual space and express intent or participate in visual recognition through the commitment of a virtual item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: DWANGO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuo KAWAKAMI, Shinnosuke IWAKI, Takashi KOJIMA, Toshihiro SHIMIZU, Hiroaki SAITO
  • Publication number: 20210174544
    Abstract: A rear-facing camera (17) captures a live-action video image while a front-facing camera (16) captures an image of a distributor. An avatar controller (13) controls an avatar based on the image of the distributor captured by the front-facing camera (16). A synthesizer (14) arranges the avatar in a predetermined position of a real space coordinate system and synthesizes the avatar with the live-action video image. The face of the distributor captured by the front-facing camera (16) is tracked and reflected on the avatar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Nobuo KAWAKAMI, Shinnosuke IWAKI, Takashi KOJIMA, Toshihiro SHIMIZU, Hiroaki SAITO
  • Publication number: 20210162761
    Abstract: A piezoelectric device including a flow path forming substrate in which pressure chambers are formed, a diaphragm, and piezoelectric actuators. Active portions, each having a piezoelectric layer interposed between a first electrode and a second electrode, are each, in plan view, provided from an edge portion opposing the pressure chamber to a portion outside the pressure chamber, and a ratio of a film thickness of the piezoelectric layer to a film thickness of the diaphragm is 4.7 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Toshihiro SHIMIZU, Koji SUMI
  • Publication number: 20210167276
    Abstract: A method for producing a piezoelectric actuator including forming a vibration plate, forming a first electrode on the vibration plate, forming a piezoelectric layer on the first electrode, and forming a second electrode on the piezoelectric layer, wherein the forming the vibration plate has a single layer forming step including forming a metal layer containing zirconium by a gas phase method, and forming a metal oxide layer by firing the metal layer, the single layer forming step is repeated, thereby forming the vibration plate in which the metal oxide layers are stacked, and the metal oxide layer has a thickness less than 200 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Harunobu KOIKE, Takanori AIMONO, Masao NAKAYAMA, Motoki TAKABE, Koji SUMI, Yasuhiro ITAYAMA, Toshihiro SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20210162744
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a liquid ejecting head that includes a flow path formation substrate in which a pressure chamber communicating with a nozzle is formed, a vibration plate, and a piezoelectric actuator having a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode; and a drive unit that supplies a drive signal for driving the piezoelectric actuator, in which the piezoelectric actuator includes an active portion, the active portion is extended from an edge portion, which is a region other than a central portion of a region facing the pressure chamber, to the outside of the pressure chamber, and the drive signal includes a contraction element that contracts the pressure chamber from a reference volume of the pressure chamber when no electric field is applied to the piezoelectric layer, and an expansion element that expands the pressure chamber contracted by the contraction element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Toshihiro SHIMIZU, Koji SUMI
  • Patent number: 11018896
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor performs first all-reduce communication with another information processing apparatus coupled to a first leaf switch coupled to the information processing apparatus, performs second all-reduce communication with one information processing apparatus coupled to a second leaf switch included in the same layer as the first leaf switch and third all-reduce communication with one information processing apparatus coupled to a third leaf switch which is coupled to a spine switch coupled to the first leaf switch included in a layer different from the layer including the first leaf switch, using a result of the first all-reduce communication, and transmits a result of a process of the second all-reduce communication and the third all-reduce communication to the another information processing apparatus coupled to the first leaf switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshihiro Shimizu, Kohta Nakashima