Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Hirata

Yoshihiro Hirata 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: 20240387602
    Abstract: An imaging device is provided. The imaging device may include a substrate having a first photoelectric conversion unit and a second photoelectric conversion unit at a light-incident side of the substrate. The second photoelectric conversion unit may include a photoelectric conversion layer, a first electrode, a second electrode above the photoelectric conversion layer, a third electrode, and an insulating material between the third electrode and the photoelectric conversion layer, wherein a portion of the insulating material is between the first electrode and the third electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki TOGASHI, Fumihiko KOGA, Tetsuji YAMAGUCHI, Shintarou HIRATA, Taiichiro WATANABE, Yoshihiro ANDO, Toyotaka KATAOKA, Satoshi KEINO, Yukio KANEDA
  • Patent number: 11827053
    Abstract: This electromobility vehicle includes a vehicle frame, a seat unit mounted to the vehicle frame, a suspension mounted to a front-end side of the vehicle frame, a pair of front wheels aligned in a direction parallel to a width dimension of the vehicle and supported by the suspension, at least one rear wheel supported by the vehicle frame, and a drive device that drives either of the front wheels and the rear wheel, where the front wheels are omnidirectional wheels whose outer circumferential surfaces are formed by a plurality of rollers and the pair of front wheels is supported by the suspension such that it is placed in a toe-in arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: WHILL, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Hirata, Tsuyoshi Uchino, Satoshi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 11601786
    Abstract: A posting right giving device acquires region information indicating a region designated by an establisher requesting creation of a community. The posting right giving device stores the acquired region information and community identification information for identifying the community in association with each other in a storage. The posting right giving device acquires positional information indicating a position of a terminal device used by a user different from the establisher. The posting right giving device executes, when the position indicated by the acquired positional information is included in the region indicated by the stored region information, processing for giving the user a right to post information to the community identified with the community identification information stored in association with the region information. The right to post information allows the user to post the information regardless of whether the terminal device is located within the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Raukten Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Hirata, Yasuaki Shirogane, Takashi Shirota, Yutaka Tachi, Kenji Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20230041840
    Abstract: This electromobility vehicle includes a vehicle frame, a seat unit mounted to the vehicle frame, a suspension mounted to a front-end side of the vehicle frame, a pair of front wheels aligned in a direction parallel to a width dimension of the vehicle and supported by the suspension, at least one rear wheel supported by the vehicle frame, and a drive device that drives either of the front wheels and the rear wheel, where the front wheels are omnidirectional wheels whose outer circumferential surfaces are formed by a plurality of rollers and the pair of front wheels is supported by the suspension such that it is placed in a toe-in arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: WHILL, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro HIRATA, Tsuyoshi UCHINO, Satoshi NAKAGAWA
  • Patent number: 11511564
    Abstract: This electromobility vehicle includes a vehicle frame, a seat unit mounted to the vehicle frame, a suspension mounted to a front-end side of the vehicle frame, a pair of front wheels aligned in a direction parallel to a width dimension of the vehicle and supported by the suspension, at least one rear wheel supported by the vehicle frame, and a drive device that drives either of the front wheels and the rear wheel, where the front wheels are omnidirectional wheels whose outer circumferential surfaces are formed by a plurality of rollers and the pair of front wheels is supported by the suspension such that it is placed in a toe-in arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: WHILL, INC
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Hirata, Tsuyoshi Uchino, Satoshi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 11398061
    Abstract: An image information processing apparatus includes a photoacoustic image acquisition unit configured to acquire an photoacoustic image generated based on a photoacoustic wave by irradiating a subject and a marker with light, an optical image acquisition unit configured to acquire an optical image generated by optically capturing an image of the subject and the marker; and an image processing unit configured to generate a superimposed image in which the photoacoustic image and the optical image are superimposed and display the superimposed image on a display unit. The image processing unit generates the superimposed image based on the marker in the photoacoustic image and the marker in the optical image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Hirata
  • Publication number: 20220175325
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus disclosed in the present specification includes: estimation means for estimating a subject's risk of developing a disease using a learned model that has learned a relationship between a feature obtained from a fundus image and a risk of developing the disease, which is evaluated from the feature; and correction means for correcting the estimated risk of developing the disease based on the subject's biological information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Satoru Fukushima, Yoshihiro Hirata, Ritsuya Tomita
  • Publication number: 20210152987
    Abstract: A posting right giving device acquires region information indicating a region designated by an establisher requesting creation of a community. The posting right giving device stores the acquired region information and community identification information for identifying the community in association with each other in a storage. The posting right giving device acquires positional information indicating a position of a terminal device used by a user different from the establisher. The posting right giving device executes, when the position indicated by the acquired positional information is included in the region indicated by the stored region information, processing for giving the user a right to post information to the community identified with the community identification information stored in association with the region information. The right to post information allows the user to post the information regardless of whether the terminal device is located within the region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: RAKUTEN, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro HIRATA, Yasuaki SHIROGANE, Takashi SHIROTA, Yutaka TACHI, Kenji FUKUDA
  • Patent number: 10882005
    Abstract: A hydrogen gas producing apparatus includes a porous body (100) and a mixed gas source (300). The porous body (100) is permeable to hydrogen gas and carbon dioxide gas, and has a property of being more permeable to hydrogen gas than carbon dioxide gas. The mixed gas source (300) causes a mixed gas including carbon dioxide gas and hydrogen gas to flow into the porous body (100) under a condition that a pressure gradient represented by (P1?P2)/L is below 50 MPa/m, where L represents the length of the porous body (100) in a direction in which the mixed gas permeates; P1 represents an inflow pressure of the mixed gas into the porous body (100); and P2 represents an outflow pressure thereof from the porous body (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Kagoshima University
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Hirata, Taro Shimonosono, Hikari Imada
  • Patent number: 10849802
    Abstract: A connector structure in an electric mobility device including a mobility body driven by a motor, a seat unit which includes an operation unit to control the motor and which is detachably attached to a seat attachment member of the mobility body, and a seat height adjustment mechanism which adjusts a height position of the seat attachment member to adjust a height position of the seat unit relative to the mobility body. The connector structure connects a signal line provided in the seat unit to a signal line of the mobility body, and includes a first connector attached to the seat unit and connected to the signal line which is connected to the operation unit, and a second connector attached to the seat attachment member and connected to the signal line of the mobility body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: WHILL, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Hirata, Toyotaka Kozuki
  • Publication number: 20200294276
    Abstract: An image information processing apparatus includes a photoacoustic image acquisition unit configured to acquire an photoacoustic image generated based on a photoacoustic wave by irradiating a subject and a marker with light, an optical image acquisition unit configured to acquire an optical image generated by optically capturing an image of the subject and the marker; and an image processing unit configured to generate a superimposed image in which the photoacoustic image and the optical image are superimposed and display the superimposed image on a display unit. The image processing unit generates the superimposed image based on the marker in the photoacoustic image and the marker in the optical image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Hirata
  • Publication number: 20200039288
    Abstract: This electromobility vehicle includes a vehicle frame, a seat unit mounted to the vehicle frame, a suspension mounted to a front-end side of the vehicle frame, a pair of front wheels aligned in a direction parallel to a width dimension of the vehicle and supported by the suspension, at least one rear wheel supported by the vehicle frame, and a drive device that drives either of the front wheels and the rear wheel, where the front wheels are omnidirectional wheels whose outer circumferential surfaces are formed by a plurality of rollers and the pair of front wheels is supported by the suspension such that it is placed in a toe-in arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: WHILL, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro HIRATA, Tsuyoshi UCHINO, Satoshi NAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20200000656
    Abstract: A connector structure in an electric mobility device including a mobility body driven by a motor, a seat unit which includes an operation unit to control the motor and which is detachably attached to a seat attachment member of the mobility body, and a seat height adjustment mechanism which adjusts a height position of the seat attachment member to adjust a height position of the seat unit relative to the mobility body. The connector structure connects a signal line provided in the seat unit to a signal line of the mobility body, and includes a first connector attached to the seat unit and connected to the signal line which is connected to the operation unit, and a second connector attached to the seat attachment member and connected to the signal line of the mobility body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshihiro HIRATA, Toyotaka KOZUKI
  • Publication number: 20190183347
    Abstract: A photoacoustic apparatus is the photoacoustic apparatus that receives an acoustic wave, which is generated from an object irradiated with light, at a plurality of relative positions with respect to the object using a conversion element, and acquires a photoacoustic image representing information on the object, the photoacoustic apparatus including: an imaging unit configured to acquire an optical image of the object; and a positional alignment unit configured to align positions of the photoacoustic image and the optical image based on positional relationship information, which is information representing a positional relationship between a first coordinate system in the optical image and a second coordinate system in the photoacoustic image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Hirata
  • Publication number: 20180214027
    Abstract: An acoustic wave measuring apparatus generates a characteristics information distribution of the inside of an object by using an acoustic wave propagating from the object, and includes a receiving unit that receives the acoustic wave, a first imaging unit that images a first area of the object from a first direction, and acquires an image of the first area, a second imaging unit that images a second area smaller than the first area of the object from a second direction different from the first direction, and acquires a local image, a designating unit that receives, from a user, designation of a position where the imaging is performed by the second imaging unit in the image of the first area captured by the first imaging unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Hirata
  • Publication number: 20180207578
    Abstract: A hydrogen gas producing apparatus includes a porous body (100) and a mixed gas source (300). The porous body (100) is permeable to hydrogen gas and carbon dioxide gas, and has a property of being more permeable to hydrogen gas than carbon dioxide gas. The mixed gas source (300) causes a mixed gas including carbon dioxide gas and hydrogen gas to flow into the porous body (100) under a condition that a pressure gradient represented by (P1?P2)/L is below 50 MPa/m, where L represents the length of the porous body (100) in a direction in which the mixed gas permeates; P1 represents an inflow pressure of the mixed gas into the porous body (100); and P2 represents an outflow pressure thereof from the porous body (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Hirata, Taro Shimonosono, Hikari Imada
  • Patent number: 9669868
    Abstract: An operation unintended by a helper due to an incorrect operation or the like by an operator is prevented. An electric mobility includes a manual operation unit, a wireless operation unit, and a control unit that controls a driving wheel on the basis of either a first command signal output by the manual operation unit or a second command signal output by the wireless operation unit. The control unit sets a first control mode enabling an operation of the electric driving wheel by the manual operation unit and a second control mode disabling an operation of the electric driving wheel by the manual operation unit on the basis of a wireless signal transmitted from a wireless terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: WHILL Inc.
    Inventors: Muneaki Fukuoka, Yoshihiro Hirata, Shuichi Tsutsumi
  • Publication number: 20170086680
    Abstract: An apparatus for acquiring object information includes at least one receiving unit configured to receive an acoustic wave occurring in an object and output a signal, a liquid level acquiring unit configured to acquire information regarding a position of a liquid level of acoustic matching liquid provided between the object and the at least one receiving unit, and a processing unit configured to acquire object information by processing the signal by using the information regarding the position of the liquid level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Hirata, Kazuhiko Fukutani
  • Patent number: 9583311
    Abstract: At least one drawing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment includes a plurality of optical systems and repeats an operation to draw a pattern on a substrate while partly overlapping stripe-shaped regions drawn by the optical systems. The drawing apparatus includes a creation unit configured to create data to be supplied to each of the plurality of optical systems by using a plurality of sub pattern data, each of the plurality of sub pattern data serving as unit data of pattern data used by the plurality of optical systems, corresponding to a region having a width obtainable by dividing the stripe-shaped regions in a drawing width direction, and including information relating to continuity of drawing instruction data and exposure amount information. The creation unit is configured to create the data by changing exposure amount information corresponding to an overlapping drawing region based on the information relating to the continuity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masato Muraki, Yoshihiro Hirata
  • Patent number: 9558916
    Abstract: At least one method of manufacturing articles and at least one lithography system are provided herein. A lithography system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a drawing apparatus that includes a plurality of optical systems and draws a pattern on a substrate with beams having been respectively shaped by the plurality of optical systems, and a transmission unit configured to select pattern data to be used by the drawing apparatus from a plurality of types of pattern data commonly used by the plurality of optical systems and configured to transmit the selected pattern data to the drawing apparatus. The pattern data is a set of data including a plurality of sub pattern data, and a width of a stripe-shaped drawing region corresponding to one sub pattern data piece is equivalent to a length obtainable by dividing a drawing width of the beams by an integer value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masato Muraki, Yoshihiro Hirata