Patents by Inventor Yohei Nishikawa

Yohei Nishikawa 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: 11927125
    Abstract: A prediction device that predicts time for a reducing agent accommodated in a container mounted on a work vehicle to freeze includes a remaining amount information acquisition unit configured to acquire remaining amount information indicating a remaining amount of the reducing agent in the container, a wall surface temperature acquisition unit configured to acquire a detection result of a wall surface temperature of the container, a reducing agent temperature acquisition unit configured to acquire a detection result of a temperature of the reducing agent, and a time calculation unit configured to calculate the time for the reducing agent to freeze based on the wall surface temperature, the reducing agent temperature, and the remaining amount information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Oka, Tatsuya Yamakawa, Yohei Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20220249956
    Abstract: Computer implemented systems and methods for cross-platform spoiler blocking are provided herein. An example method includes ascertaining by a data platform data potentially available to a user of a service having a media object; identifying by the data platform at least one object revealed by the media object, the at least one object being associated with an application; receiving by the data platform metadata associated with the at least one object, the metadata indicative of whether the at least one object should be hidden from the user; determining by the data platform, based on the metadata, the at least one object is a potential spoiler; and blocking by the data platform, the user from interacting with the media object through the service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Adil Sherwani, Warren Benedetto, Landon Noss, Benedikt Neuenfeldt, Yohei Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20220213825
    Abstract: A prediction device that predicts time for a reducing agent accommodated in a container mounted on a work vehicle to freeze includes a remaining amount information acquisition unit configured to acquire remaining amount information indicating a remaining amount of the reducing agent in the container, a wall surface temperature acquisition unit configured to acquire a detection result of a wall surface temperature of the container, a reducing agent temperature acquisition unit configured to acquire a detection result of a temperature of the reducing agent, and a time calculation unit configured to calculate the time for the reducing agent to freeze based on the wall surface temperature, the reducing agent temperature, and the remaining amount information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Oka, Tatsuya Yamakawa, Yohei Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20220195485
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a technique enabling analysis of cell viability information and nucleic acid information together for each single cell in a cell population when analyzing the composition of the cell population. The present disclosure discloses a method that is for analyzing the composition of a cell population and that comprises: a step for providing gel capsules in each of which a single cell of the cell population is encapsulated in a state of being labeled with a labeling agent, where the labeling agent distinctively labels a living cell and a dead cell; a step for amplifying a nucleic acid derived from each single cell of the cell population; a step for obtaining cell viability information for each single cell of the cell population; and a step for analyzing the amplified nucleic acid derived from each single cell of the cell population.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Masahito Hosokawa, Haruko Takeyama, Yohei Nishikawa, Masato Kogawa
  • Publication number: 20220176253
    Abstract: In the case where an event occurs in game software being executed, an event information acquiring section acquires, from the game software, event information including an event code that identifies the event that has occurred. An update processing section updates a record associated with the acquired event information in a first memory. A transmission processing section sends the acquired event information from a communication unit to outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yohei Nishikawa, Benedikt Neuenfeldt, Takahisa Ishikawa, Steven Trombetta, Adil Sherwani, Nobukazu Koyama, Akihiko Kusumoto
  • Publication number: 20220176256
    Abstract: A first ring buffer records a game moving image by game software currently being executed, together with time information. In a case where an event is generated in a game, an event information acquiring part acquires event information including an event code that identifies the generated event, from the game software. A second ring buffer records therein the acquired event information together with the time information synchronized with the first ring buffer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Benedikt Neuenfeldt, Yohei Nishikawa, Takahisa Ishikawa, Akihiko Kusumoto, Nobukazu Koyama, Masahiro Fujihara, Steven Trombetta, Adil Sherwani
  • Patent number: 11318388
    Abstract: Computer implemented systems and methods for cross-platform spoiler blocking are provided herein. An example method includes ascertaining by a data platform data potentially available to a user of a service having a media object; identifying by the data platform at least one object revealed by the media object, the at least one object being associated with an application; receiving by the data platform metadata associated with the at least one object, the metadata indicative of whether the at least one object should be hidden from the user; determining by the data platform, based on the metadata, the at least one object is a potential spoiler; and blocking by the data platform, the user from interacting with the media object through the service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Adil Sherwani, Warren Benedetto, Landon Noss, Benedikt Neuenfeldt, Yohei Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 11245776
    Abstract: Computer implemented methods and systems for providing a uniform data platform for at least one application of a plurality of applications are disclosed. Exemplary methods include receiving application data from at least one of a device and a server, a device executing a portion of an application of a plurality of applications, storing the application data in a data platform, the data model including at least one metadata and at least one event, the one metadata corresponding to at least one object indicated in the data model, and the one event corresponding to a trigger condition associated with the one metadata entry, wherein values of the one metadata and one event are associated with a user profile and accessing via a plurality of remote networked services, the application data stored in the data platform, the plurality of remote network services accessing the application data using the data model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Adil Sherwani, Steven Patrick Trombetta, Warren Benedetto, Landon Noss, Oleksii Kyrych, Nitin Mohan, Hugh Alexander Dinsdale Spencer, Paul Edridge, Pritpal Singh Panesar, Benedikt Neuenfeldt, Yohei Nishikawa, Nobukazu Koyama
  • Patent number: 11219332
    Abstract: A beverage extraction device includes: a cylinder, having a bottomed cylindrical shape, having a lower-surface opening which is closed with a bottom portion; a mesh member, having a disk shape, having a plurality of through holes, moving close to and away from the bottom portion to extract beverage from beverage raw material and hot water, fed through an upper-surface opening of the cylinder, so that the extracted beverage is discharged through an extraction passage connected to the bottom portion; an ultrasonic vibrator provided on the bottom portion; and a control unit, when a cleaning instruction is given, driving the ultrasonic vibrator in a state where the hot water is stored in the cylinder to apply ultrasonic waves to the hot water, and causing the mesh member to move close to and away from the bottom portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Nishikawa, Hajime Erikawa
  • Patent number: 11185186
    Abstract: A beverage extraction device includes a mesh member, a cover member that is movable between a first position and a second position; a scraper portion, an upper end portion of which is pivotally supported by the cover member with a lower end portion of the scraper portion being swingable along a vertical direction, that takes a basic attitude in which the lower end portion is positioned lower than the upper end portion under a normal condition, the lower end portion being configured to slide on the mesh member when the cover member is moved from the first position toward the second position; and a contact member configured to come into contact with the scraper portion sliding on the mesh member to cause the scraper portion to take an attitude in which the lower end portion swings upward when the cover member approaches the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yohei Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 11142787
    Abstract: The present invention provides a genome library production method in which cell lysis and genome amplification are performed using a simple operation. More particularly, the present invention provides a method that is for amplifying polynucleotides in cells and that comprises: a step for using a sample containing two or more cells or cell-like structures, and encapsulating the cells or cell-like structures into droplets, one for each droplet; a step for gelling the droplets to generate gel capsules; a step for performing lysis of the cells or cell-like structures by immersing the gel capsules in one or more types of reagents for lysis so as to cause the polynucleotides in the cells to be eluted in the gel capsules and to be kept in the gel capsules in a state where substances binding to the polynucleotides are removed; and a step for bringing the polynucleotides into contact with a reagent for amplification to amplify the polynucleotides in the gel capsules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: bitBiome, Inc.
    Inventors: Masahito Hosokawa, Haruko Takeyama, Yohei Nishikawa, Masato Kogawa
  • Publication number: 20210246495
    Abstract: The present invention provides a genome library production method in which cell lysis and genome amplification are performed using a simple operation. More particularly, the present invention provides a method that is for amplifying polynucleotides in cells and that comprises: a step for using a sample containing two or more cells or cell-like structures, and encapsulating the cells or cell-like structures into droplets, one for each droplet; a step for gelling the droplets to generate gel capsules; a step for performing lysis of the cells or cell-like structures by immersing the gel capsules in one or more types of reagents for lysis so as to cause the polynucleotides in the cells to be eluted in the gel capsules and to be kept in the gel capsules in a state where substances binding to the polynucleotides are removed; and a step for bringing the polynucleotides into contact with a reagent for amplification to amplify the polynucleotides in the gel capsules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Masahito Hosokawa, Haruko Takeyama, Yohei Nishikawa, Masato Kogawa
  • Publication number: 20200122031
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing contextual information regarding available game activities are provided herein. An example method includes maintaining a list of activities associated with at least one application; receiving information associated with an availability of an activity to a user; determining an estimated playtime for an available activity; and generating a user interface having contextual information associated with one or more of the available activities, the contextual information including the estimated playtime.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Adil Sherwani, Steven Patrick Trombetta, Charles Wayne Denison, II, Matthew Stewart Bloom-Carlin, Derek Andrew Parker, Benedikt Neuenfeldt, Yohei Nishikawa, Tsuyoshi Ono, Junya Noda
  • Publication number: 20200128100
    Abstract: Computer implemented methods and systems for providing a uniform data platform for at least one application of a plurality of applications are disclosed. Exemplary methods include receiving application data from at least one of a device and a server, a device executing a portion of an application of a plurality of applications, storing the application data in a data platform, the data model including at least one metadata and at least one event, the one metadata corresponding to at least one object indicated in the data model, and the one event corresponding to a trigger condition associated with the one metadata entry, wherein values of the one metadata and one event are associated with a user profile and accessing via a plurality of remote networked services, the application data stored in the data platform, the plurality of remote network services accessing the application data using the data model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Adil Sherwani, Steven Patrick Trombetta, Warren Benedetto, Landon Noss, Alexey Kirich, Nitin Mohan, Hugh Alexander Dinsdale Spencer, Paul Edridge, Pritpal Singh Panesar, Benedikt Neuenfeldt, Yohei Nishikawa, Nobukazu Koyama
  • Publication number: 20200122041
    Abstract: Computer implemented systems and methods for cross-platform spoiler blocking are provided herein. An example method includes ascertaining by a data platform data potentially available to a user of a service having a media object; identifying by the data platform at least one object revealed by the media object, the at least one object being associated with an application; receiving by the data platform metadata associated with the at least one object, the metadata indicative of whether the at least one object should be hidden from the user; determining by the data platform, based on the metadata, the at least one object is a potential spoiler; and blocking by the data platform, the user from interacting with the media object through the service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Adil Sherwani, Warren Benedetto, Landon Noss, Benedikt Neuenfeldt, Yohei Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 10564508
    Abstract: A reflection-type display panel includes a substrate, a pixel electrode formed on the substrate, a reflection display layer formed on the pixel electrode, a transparent electrode formed on the reflection display layer, and a color filter formed on the transparent electrode and including an ink fixation layer. The color filter has colored portions formed on the ink fixation layer such that the colored portions correspond respectively to driving units of the pixel electrode, and the colored portions each include a coloring composition including a pigment and a binder resin such that a weight ratio of the pigment to the binder resin in each of the colored portions is in a range of from 1:9 to 5:5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazushige Kitazawa, Tomoko Tsuruda, Yohei Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 10454123
    Abstract: A metal-supported cell comprises a laminate wherein a fuel electrode layer and a solid electrolyte layer are sequentially arranged in this order on a front surface of a metal support provided with a pore continuing from the front surface to the back surface. The solid electrolyte layer covers all parts of the surface of the fuel electrode layer, the parts being not in contact with the metal support. The peripheral part of the solid electrolyte layer is in contact with the front surface of the metal support. The metal support has a metal oxide layer. The fuel electrode layer contains NiO and Ni with molar ratio NiO/(Ni+NiO) of 45% or more, while containing gadolinium-doped ceria. The solid electrolyte layer mainly contains scandia-stabilized zirconia, while containing 0.1-10.0 mol of Bi atoms per 100 mol of Zr atoms having cross-sectional void fraction of 5.0% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Koizumi, Hironobu Akutagawa, Yohei Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20190231118
    Abstract: A beverage extraction apparatus including an extraction container, a beverage container, and high-temperature and low-temperature beverage supplying lines. The extraction container is configured to receive a beverage ingredient, water of a first temperature, and water of a second temperature, the first temperature being higher than a predetermined threshold temperature and higher than the second temperature. The extraction container extracts a high-temperature extracted beverage from the water of the first temperature and the beverage ingredient, and extracts a low-temperature extracted beverage from the water of the second temperature and the beverage ingredient. The beverage container is configured to receive the low-temperature extracted beverage from the extraction container and to store the received low-temperature extracted beverage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei NISHIKAWA, Hajime ERIKAWA, Tsuyoshi HORIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190216255
    Abstract: A beverage extraction device includes a mesh member, a cover member that is movable between a first position and a second position; a scraper portion, an upper end portion of which is pivotally supported by the cover member with a lower end portion of the scraper portion being swingable along a vertical direction, that takes a basic attitude in which the lower end portion is positioned lower than the upper end portion under a normal condition, the lower end portion being configured to slide on the mesh member when the cover member is moved from the first position toward the second position; and a contact member configured to come into contact with the scraper portion sliding on the mesh member to cause the scraper portion to take an attitude in which the lower end portion swings upward when the cover member approaches the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventor: Yohei NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190183284
    Abstract: A beverage extraction device includes: a cylinder, having a bottomed cylindrical shape, having a lower-surface opening which is closed with a bottom portion; a mesh member, having a disk shape, having a plurality of through holes, moving close to and away from the bottom portion to extract beverage from beverage raw material and hot water, fed through an upper-surface opening of the cylinder, so that the extracted beverage is discharged through an extraction passage connected to the bottom portion; an ultrasonic vibrator provided on the bottom portion; and a control unit, when a cleaning instruction is given, driving the ultrasonic vibrator in a state where the hot water is stored in the cylinder to apply ultrasonic waves to the hot water, and causing the mesh member to move close to and away from the bottom portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Yohei NISHIKAWA, Hajime ERIKAWA