Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Tanaka
Yasuhiro Tanaka 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: 20240373455Abstract: A management device includes: a detection unit configured to detect addition of a function unit to a network including one or a plurality of on-vehicle function units; a generation unit configured to acquire function unit information of a new function unit that is detected, and function unit information of the on-vehicle function unit, and configured to generate configuration information of a new network that is the network in which the new function unit is further included; and an acquisition unit configured to acquire feasibility information indicating feasibility of the new network and corresponding to the configuration information generated by the generation unit. When the feasibility information corresponding to the configuration information generated by the generation unit is not present in a database, the acquisition unit transmits the configuration information generated by the generation unit in order to verify the feasibility of the configuration information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2024Publication date: November 7, 2024Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd.Inventors: Yusuke YAMAMOTO, Hideyuki Tanaka, Tatsuya Izumi, Junji Yano, Yasuhiro Yabuuchi, Tadashi Matsumoto, Takeshi Hagihara
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Patent number: 12136041Abstract: Provided are a detecting device, a detecting method, a generating method, and a computer-readable storage medium that allow the user to readily obtain information on an object related to a human-powered vehicle. The detecting device includes a control unit that detects an object related to a human-powered vehicle as a target object from a first image including at least a part of the human-powered vehicle, and outputs related information related to the target object.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: Shimano Inc.Inventors: Hayato Shimazu, Kozo Chikai, Katsuo Nakamura, Kenji Tagawa, Shou Tanaka, Yasuhiro Nakashima, Noriko Masuta, Yasuho Hommoto
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Patent number: 12135432Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system includes a wearable device configured to be attached to a display configured to display a display image. The wearable device features an optical component set featuring a lens, a first user operable member configured to set an adjustment value relating to a projection angle of the visual image, and a second user operable member configured to set an adjustment value relating to at least one of a color tone or a brightness of the visual image. A position of the visual image is changed by adjusting the projection angle of the visual image using the first user operable member so that the visual image is displayed at a position based on at least one of a shape or a size of the head of the user. The color tone or the brightness of the visual image is changed using the second user operable member.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2023Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: KBUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Akira Tanaka, Yasuhiro Kanishima, Kenichi Doniwa, Hiroaki Komaki, Hiroki Kumagai, Takashi Sudo, Nobuhide Okabayashi
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Patent number: 12134799Abstract: A charged material containing a metal raw material of at least one of ferrochromium containing metal Si or ferrosilicon and unreduced slag containing Cr oxide generated by oxidation refining is charged into an AC electric furnace including three electrodes, a mass ratio of a metal Si amount to a Cr oxide amount being from 0.30 to 0.40, and a C concentration being from 2.0% by mass to a saturation concentration.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Norifumi Asahara, Katsuhiko Kato, Mikio Futaka, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Naoki Kaneko, Junichi Nakagawa
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Publication number: 20240364051Abstract: A connector includes a housing, a lever, and a spring unit, in which the cam groove is provided such that a cam follower is to be inserted through the cam groove, the cam groove being formed by connecting a half-fitting region and a normal fitting region, the half-fitting region is formed so as to approach a rotation center position of the lever from an inlet position toward a boundary position with the normal fitting region, the normal fitting region is formed so as to be away from the rotation center position from the boundary position toward a fitting end position, the cam follower is configured to be pressed against the cam groove by biasing of the spring unit and held at the fitting end position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Katsuya Nakano, Yusuke Tsutagawa, Koki Tokumoto, Yasuhiro Tanaka
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Patent number: 12122300Abstract: A parking assistance device includes: a sensor-information processing circuit that detects an empty parking space around a host vehicle; a surrounding-image generation circuit that generates a surrounding image that is a view of surroundings of the host vehicle from above; an image display circuit that displays a first assistance image at a position of the empty parking space in the surrounding image, the first assistance image indicating the empty parking space; and a stop determination circuit that determines whether the host vehicle has stopped. In a case where it is determined by the stop determination circuit that the host vehicle has stopped, the image display circuit displays the first assistance image.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2017Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Suzuki, Ko Sato, Daisuke Tanaka, Yasuhiro Sakurai, Ryota Yamanaka, Junya Kobayashi
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Patent number: 12122768Abstract: A compound represented by formula (I). In formula (I), each L independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group, n indicates the number of L groups, and is either 1 or 2, each Q independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted 3,6-di-t-butyl-9H-carbazol-9-yl group, a substituted or unsubstituted 3,6-diphenyl-9H-carbazol-9-yl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted 3-phenyl-6-t-butyl-9H-carbazol-9-yl group, and in indicates the number of Q groups, and has a value of 5?n.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2019Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignees: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, NIPPON SODA CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuma Yasuda, In Seob Park, Katsunori Tanaka, Yasuhiro Miyashita, Yasuhiko Ashikari
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Publication number: 20240344169Abstract: To provide a metal recovery method that has a low environmental impact and that can achieve metal recovery at low cost and with high efficiency. A metal recovery method including: mixing a liquid containing a metal ion with a yeast to adsorb the metal ion by the yeast in the resulting mixed liquid; separating the yeast from the mixed liquid obtained in the adsorption process; and recovering the metal ion from the yeast separated in the separation process, wherein the metal ion to be adsorbed by the yeast in the adsorption process is a rare earth ion and/or a precious metal ion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2022Publication date: October 17, 2024Applicants: TOYO ENGINEERING CORPORATION, UNIVERSITY PUBLIC CORPORATION OSAKAInventors: Takuya ISHISAKA, Hiroshi TANAKA, Takaya MINAMI, Yasuhiro KONISHI, Norizou SAITOU
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Publication number: 20240336226Abstract: A position determination device includes at least one processor, a first communication device for transmitting a signal in a first frequency band, a second communication device for communicating with a vehicle mobile device using radio waves in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band. The at least one processor acquires first data indicating the reception state at the vehicle mobile device of a signal from the first communication device, acquires second data indicating the distance from the second communication device to the vehicle mobile device, and determines the location of the vehicle mobile device based on the acquired data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2024Publication date: October 10, 2024Inventors: Takashi SAIKI, Yohei NAKAKURA, Kenichiro SANJI, Yasuhiro TANAKA
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Publication number: 20240333597Abstract: A management device includes: a specification information acquisition unit configured to acquire specification information indicating a specification of a configuration of an in-vehicle network; a state information acquisition unit configured to acquire state information indicating an assembly state, in the in-vehicle network, of a plurality of in-vehicle devices forming the in-vehicle network; and a comparison unit configured to compare the specification indicated by the specification information acquired by the specification information acquisition unit with the assembly state indicated by the state information acquired by the state information acquisition unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2022Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke YAMAMOTO, Hideyuki TANAKA, Tatsuya IZUMI, Kenta OGATA, Takeshi HAGIHARA, Hirofumi URAYAMA, Darmawan GO, Tomohiro OTSU, Yoshitaka KIKUCHI, Hideki GOTO, Yasuhiro YAMASAKI, Takashi YASUDA
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Publication number: 20240329581Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a main body housing, a main body connector, a fuser having a fuser connector, a power supply board, and a main board. The fuser connector is disposed at a first end section in the main body housing with the fuser attached to the main body housing. The main board is disposed at a second end section opposed to the first end section in the main body housing. The power supply board is connected with the main board via a first connection line disposed close to and along a ceiling surface or a bottom surface in the main body housing, and is connected with the main body connector via a second connection line. The main board is connected with the fuser via the first connection line, the power supply board, the second connection line, the main body connector, and the fuser connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshiyuki TSUJIMOTO, Nobuyuki TANAKA, Yasuhiro SUZUKI, Wataru YAMAGUCHI
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Patent number: 12103169Abstract: An abnormality diagnosis device diagnoses an abnormality of a plurality of speed reducers included in a robot in accordance with disturbance torque regarding a state of the respective speed reducers acquired from a sensor installed in the robot, and outputs a result of the diagnosis to a display unit, the abnormality diagnosis device including a maintenance history DB configured to store maintenance data on maintenance made for the respective speed reducers, and a control unit configured to detect an abnormality in the respective speed reducers in accordance with the disturbance torque. The control unit, when detecting an abnormality in one speed reducer in accordance with the disturbance torque, predicts an abnormality in another speed reducer caused in association with the abnormality in the one speed reducer in accordance with the maintenance data, and outputs information on the predicted abnormality to the display unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2018Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yasuhiro Tanaka
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Publication number: 20240315346Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generation device includes: a power supply configured to supply power to a heater configured to heat an aerosol source; a receptacle configured to receive power for charging the power supply from a plug connected to an external power supply; a charger configured to control charging of the power supply by power received by the receptacle; and a controller. The receptacle and the power supply are connected in parallel with the charger, and the charger is configured to supply power from the receptacle and the power supply to the controller via the charger.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.Inventors: Yasuhiro ONO, Minoru KITAHARA, Shujiro TANAKA
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Patent number: 12075463Abstract: A network of a new configuration is flexibly constructed while maintaining a stable operation in the network. A management device includes: a detection unit that detects a new function unit as a function unit to be newly added to a network including one or a plurality of on-vehicle function units; a generation unit that acquires function unit information of the new function unit detected by the detection unit and function unit information of the on-vehicle function unit, and generates, based on the respective pieces of function unit information, configuration information of a new network that is the network in which the new function unit is further included; and an acquisition unit that acquires, from a database in a storage device, feasibility information indicating feasibility of the new network and corresponding to the configuration information generated by the generation unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2019Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.Inventors: Yusuke Yamamoto, Hideyuki Tanaka, Tatsuya Izumi, Junji Yano, Yasuhiro Yabuuchi, Tadashi Matsumoto, Takeshi Hagihara
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Publication number: 20240283268Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generation device includes: a power supply configured to supply power to a heater configured to heat an aerosol source; a step-up system configured to function by a stepped-up voltage supplied from the power supply; a step-down system configured to function by a stepped-down voltage supplied from the power supply; and a direct-coupling system configured to function by a voltage supplied from the power supply.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2024Publication date: August 22, 2024Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.Inventors: Yasuhiro ONO, Minoru KITAHARA, Shujiro TANAKA
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Patent number: 12064690Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for executing an application program to control a game based on gameplay of a game player; receiving instructions from the game player and forwarding the instructions for controlling the game in order to manipulate the execution of the application program and to affect the game; setting respective viewpoints, from among a plurality of viewpoints, serving as bases for generating respective watching screens for viewing the game during gameplay of the game player, which viewpoints are offered to respective watching players, among a plurality of watching players, different from the game player; and deleting the at least one of the plurality of viewpoints to be the one of the respective positions of the one of the one or more objects when the one of the one or more objects disappears from view due to the gameplay of the game player.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Toshiya Ikenaga, Nobuaki Tanaka, Yasuhiro Watari, Toshiharu Sayano, Hiromasa Ohkubo
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Publication number: 20240268766Abstract: A blood-pressure-measuring device includes: a feature amount acquisition unit that acquires one or more feature amounts related to estimation of a blood pressure value of a human body; a blood pressure value calculation unit that calculates an estimated blood pressure value based on the feature amount; an actually measured blood pressure value acquisition unit that acquires an actually measured blood pressure value measured by a method different from the calculation by the blood pressure value calculation unit; a calibration determination unit that determines whether or not the feature amount acquired by the feature amount acquisition unit deviates from a predetermined reference value, the calibration determination unit determining to acquire the actually measured blood pressure value when the calibration determination unit has determined that the feature amount deviates; and a calibration processing unit that estimates blood pressure value.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2024Publication date: August 15, 2024Inventors: Yasuhiro KAWABATA, Kenji FUJII, Naomi MATSUMURA, Akito ITO, Yuki SAKAGUCHI, Takahide TANAKA
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Publication number: 20240271660Abstract: In a linear motion guide unit, a raceway groove formed in a casing of a slider includes a first raceway surface extending along the length direction of the slider and a second raceway surface facing the first raceway surface and extending along the length direction of the slider. The second raceway surface includes a first portion including a center portion in a length direction of the casing, and a second portion including end portions in the length direction of the casing and having a wall surface shape different from a wall surface shape of the first portion. In the first portion, the first raceway surface and the second raceway surface define a symmetric Gothic arch groove, and in the second portion, the second raceway surface has a surface recessed from a position symmetric to the first raceway surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2022Publication date: August 15, 2024Applicant: NIPPON THOMPSON CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshimichi TANAKA, Tamotsu IWATA, Kazuki YAMADA, Yasuhiro OTSUJI, Shunya YAMAZAKI
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Patent number: D1043550Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2022Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuya Takamoto, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Juso, Keiji Shimada, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Yuta Matsumoto, Masamichi Kobayashi, Kazuki Ohki
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Patent number: D1044702Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2022Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuya Takamoto, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Juso, Keiji Shimada, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Yuta Matsumoto, Masamichi Kobayashi, Kazuki Ohki