Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Nishikawa
Yoshihiro 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).
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Publication number: 20240094015Abstract: A route generation system includes a diagnosis unit, a generation unit, and an output unit. The diagnosis unit performs a diagnosis to estimate a deterioration degree of a road surface from an image to be monitored. The generation unit generates a travel route based on the deterioration degree of the road surface for each point diagnosed by the diagnosis unit and information regarding a road environment affecting the diagnosis for each point, the travel route being generated for capturing another image used for another diagnosis. The output unit outputs the generated travel route.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Yusuke Mizukoshi, Chisato Sugawara, Yoshihiro Nishikawa, Yuta Shimizu
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Publication number: 20240088588Abstract: A power converter includes first and second components on which male and female fitting members of each of a plurality of pairs of fitting members are arranged, with a pair of first alignment keys formed in the first and second components as reference positions. The first and second components are coupled to each other by the female fitting member clamping an insertion portion of the male fitting member inserted between first and second clamping portions of the female fitting member arranged so as to face each other in a state where the pair of first alignment keys are positionally aligned. The first and second clamping portions are each bent so as to form one of protrusions toward one of surfaces thereof facing each other. A gap is formed in a distal end portion of each of the first and second clamping portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Motohiko FUJIMURA, Hiroshi OGURA, Kazuhiro NISHIKAWA, Yoshihiro KAWAKITA, Hidetoshi KITAURA
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Publication number: 20240072476Abstract: An electric power converter includes a first board, a second board, and a first board-to-board connector that electrically and mechanically connects the first board and the second board. The first board-to-board connector includes a male fitting member and a female fitting member. Each of a first clamp portion and a second clamp portion of the female fitting member includes a first contact forming portion and a second contact forming portion that are curved in a protruding shape, and a first spring portion and a second spring portion that are connected to the first contact forming portion and the second contact portion, respectively, and that are curved in corrugated shapes. An insert clamped between the first contact forming portion and the second contact forming portion forms an electrical contact, and the first spring portion and the second spring portion are independently deformable.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: HIDETOSHI KITAURA, HIROSHI OGURA, MOTOHIKO FUJIMURA, KAZUHIRO NISHIKAWA, YOSHIHIRO KAWAKITA
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Patent number: 11812161Abstract: A flicker measuring device of the present invention: receives light emitted from an object to be measured and outputs a light reception signal corresponding to an amount of received light; acquires the output light reception signal a plurality of times from a measurement start time point to a steady time point at which the object to be measured is in a steady state, obtains a flicker value of the object to be measured for each of the plurality of times on the basis of the acquired light reception signal, and stores the flicker value obtained for each of the plurality of times in a storage in association with an acquisition time point of the light reception signal; and performs an arithmetic processing of obtaining a flicker shift time by using each flicker value stored, in which in the arithmetic processing, an amount of overall change is obtained that is an amount of change of the flicker value from the initial flicker value to the steady flicker value, a predetermined ratio time point is obtained at which aType: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventor: Yoshihiro Nishikawa
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Patent number: 11670204Abstract: A residual DC measurement device of the present invention receives light emitted from a display device and outputs a light reception signal, measures a flicker value of the display device on the basis of the light reception signal output while the flicker measurement image is displayed by the display device and stores the flicker value in a storage as an initial flicker value, subsequently causes the display device to display a predetermined display image for a predetermined display time, causes the display device to display the flicker measurement image again when the predetermined display time elapses, measures the flicker value of the display device on the basis of the light reception signal output while the flicker measurement image is displayed and stores the flicker value in the storage as a posterior flicker value, and calculates a flicker change amount by calculating the posterior flicker value stored in the storage and the initial flicker value as an index value representing the residual DC.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventor: Yoshihiro Nishikawa
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Patent number: 11490028Abstract: A two-dimensional flicker measurement apparatus includes: a first calculation unit that calculates a flicker amount of each of a plurality of measurement regions set on a measurement target based on a photometric quantity obtained by performing photometry in the measurement target at a first sampling frequency; a second calculation unit that calculates a flicker amount of a predetermined measurement region set on the measurement target based on a photometric quantity obtained by performing photometry in the predetermined measurement region at a second sampling frequency; and a correction unit that corrects the flicker amount of each of the plurality of measurement regions calculated by the first calculation unit using a correction coefficient defined by the flicker amount calculated by the second calculation unit and a flicker amount of the predetermined measurement region calculated based on a photometric quantity obtained by performing photometry in the predetermined measurement region at the first samplingType: GrantFiled: September 10, 2018Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventor: Yoshihiro Nishikawa
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Publication number: 20220189354Abstract: A residual DC measurement device of the present invention receives light emitted from a display device and outputs a light reception signal, measures a flicker value of the display device on the basis of the light reception signal output while the flicker measurement image is displayed by the display device and stores the flicker value in a storage as an initial flicker value, subsequently causes the display device to display a predetermined display image for a predetermined display time, causes the display device to display the flicker measurement image again when the predetermined display time elapses, measures the flicker value of the display device on the basis of the light reception signal output while the flicker measurement image is displayed and stores the flicker value in the storage as a posterior flicker value, and calculates a flicker change amount by calculating the posterior flicker value stored in the storage and the initial flicker value as an index value representing the residual DC.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2020Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventor: YOSHIHIRO NISHIKAWA
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Patent number: 11326959Abstract: A sensor device includes: a rod member including an axially extending gas passage into which fluid flows; a sheath pipe thinner than the gas passage, inserted in the gas passage with a distal end thereof being located inside the gas passage, and configured to detect a temperature of the fluid; an insert configured to fix a proximal end of the sheath pipe; and retention members configured to retain the distal end of the sheath pipe.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: TLV CO., LTD.Inventor: Yoshihiro Nishikawa
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Publication number: 20220070355Abstract: A flicker measuring device of the present invention: receives light emitted from an object to be measured and outputs a light reception signal corresponding to an amount of received light; acquires the output light reception signal a plurality of times from a measurement start time point to a steady time point at which the object to be measured is in a steady state, obtains a flicker value of the object to be measured for each of the plurality of times on the basis of the acquired light reception signal, and stores the flicker value obtained for each of the plurality of times in a storage in association with an acquisition time point of the light reception signal; and performs an arithmetic processing of obtaining a flicker shift time by using each flicker value stored, in which in the arithmetic processing, an amount of overall change is obtained that is an amount of change of the flicker value from the initial flicker value to the steady flicker value, a predetermined ratio time point is obtained at which aType: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2019Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventor: YOSHIHIRO NISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20220021946Abstract: An information processing system includes: a server device that outputs notification information when a predetermined condition is satisfied; and information processing device that communicates with the server device. The information processing device includes: an obtainer that obtains the notification information output form the server device; an outputter that performs output determined based on the notification information obtained by the obtainer; an input receiver that receives an instruction from a user to a device; and an instruction processor that generates a control command to the device. The instruction processor generates the control command based on the instruction and the notification information, when the input receiver receives the instruction after the output is performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2019Publication date: January 20, 2022Inventors: Kunio Gobara, Yosuka SHIOTA, Masashi HTOSUYA, Yoshihiro NISHIKAWA, Masazumi YAMADA, Naonori KATO
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Patent number: 10846119Abstract: A virtualized network function management apparatus includes: an orchestration part; a virtualized network function management part; a storage part that holds priority hardware information in which a combination of physical resources, for an individual virtualized network function, as a deployment candidate of the virtualized network function is associated with information about a priority set to the combination of physical resources; and a virtualized infrastructure management part. The virtualized infrastructure management part reserves a combination of physical resources that satisfies resource and constraint information necessary for the virtualized network function in accordance with the priorities in the priority hardware information. Finally, the virtualized network function management apparatus creates a virtual machine by using the reserved combination of physical resources.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignees: NEC CORPORATION, NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.Inventors: Junichi Gokurakuji, Hirokazu Shinozawa, Mitsuhiro Yokomachi, Yoshihiro Nishikawa
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Publication number: 20200252536Abstract: A two-dimensional flicker measurement apparatus includes: a first calculation unit that calculates a flicker amount of each of a plurality of measurement regions set on a measurement target based on a photometric quantity obtained by performing photometry in the measurement target at a first sampling frequency; a second calculation unit that calculates a flicker amount of a predetermined measurement region set on the measurement target based on a photometric quantity obtained by performing photometry in the predetermined measurement region at a second sampling frequency; and a correction unit that corrects the flicker amount of each of the plurality of measurement regions calculated by the first calculation unit using a correction coefficient defined by the flicker amount calculated by the second calculation unit and a flicker amount of the predetermined measurement region calculated based on a photometric quantity obtained by performing photometry in the predetermined measurement region at the first samplingType: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2018Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventor: Yoshihiro NISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20200049565Abstract: A sensor device includes: a rod member including an axially extending gas passage into which fluid flows; a sheath pipe thinner than the gas passage, inserted in the gas passage with a distal end thereof being located inside the gas passage, and configured to detect a temperature of the fluid; an insert configured to fix a proximal end of the sheath pipe; and retention members configured to retain the distal end of the sheath pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2019Publication date: February 13, 2020Applicant: TLV CO., LTD.Inventor: Yoshihiro NISHIKAWA
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Patent number: 10012559Abstract: Sensor device is provided with body, formed at the interior of which is gas passage into which steam serving as detection target flows; and pressure sensor, which is installed at body so as to be in communication with gas passage and which detects pressure of steam within gas passage. Body has rod-shaped portion having cylindrical inside circumferential surface. Sensor device is provided with sheath pipe (insert) that is formed in the shape of a rod on which helical groove is formed at outside circumferential surface, and that is such that, when inserted within rod-shaped portion of body, helical groove, together with inside circumferential surface of rod-shaped portion, form helically shaped gas passage (helical passage).Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2017Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: TLV CO., LTD.Inventor: Yoshihiro Nishikawa
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Publication number: 20180181424Abstract: A virtualized network function management apparatus includes: an orchestration part; a virtualized network function management part; a storage part that holds priority hardware information in which a combination of physical resources, for an individual virtualized network function, as a deployment candidate of the virtualized network function is associated with information about a priority set to the combination of physical resources; and a virtualized infrastructure management part. The virtualized infrastructure management part reserves a combination of physical resources that satisfies resource and constraint information necessary for the virtualized network function in accordance with the priorities in the priority hardware information. Finally, the virtualized network function management apparatus creates a virtual machine by using the reserved combination of physical resources.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2016Publication date: June 28, 2018Applicants: NEC Corporation, NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.Inventors: Junichi GOKURAKUJI, Hirokazu SHINOZAWA, Mitsuhiro YOKOMACHI, Yoshihiro NISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20170205304Abstract: Sensor device is provided with body, formed at the interior of which is gas passage into which steam serving as detection target flows; and pressure sensor, which is installed at body so as to be in communication with gas passage and which detects pressure of steam within gas passage. Body has rod-shaped portion having cylindrical inside circumferential surface. Sensor device is provided with sheath pipe (insert) that is formed in the shape of a rod on which helical groove is formed at outside circumferential surface, and that is such that, when inserted within rod-shaped portion of body, helical groove, together with inside circumferential surface of rod-shaped portion, form helically shaped gas passage (helical passage).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2017Publication date: July 20, 2017Applicant: TLV CO., LTD.Inventor: Yoshihiro NISHIKAWA
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Patent number: 9513159Abstract: The provided solar simulator light-intensity evaluation apparatus and method can evaluate the characteristics of a solar cell in an arbitrary place at an arbitrary time and date, using an existing solar simulator, as follows: an estimated spectral irradiance of the natural sunlight is calculated under a measurement condition including a place and/or a time and date where and when the solar cell is measured; and an target value of adjustment and estimated light amount value of the solar simulator are calculated under the measurement condition, on the basis of the estimated spectral irradiance having been calculated, the spectral irradiance of the solar simulator, and solar cell information including a spectral sensitivity of the solar cell.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2011Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Yoshihiro Nishikawa
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Patent number: 8918298Abstract: In a solar cell evaluation device 1, a spectral sensitivity P(?) of a solar cell 2, which is a measurement object, is measured in advance. When the solar cell 2 is evaluated, a spectral irradiance L (?) of illumination light is measured, generated power EL of the solar cell 2 that is generated with the illumination light is measured, and the measured generated power EL of the solar cell 2 is converted into generated power ES generated by the solar cell 2 in the case of illumination with illumination light with a spectral irradiance S(?) based on the reference solar light. Therefore, since the calibration in the solar cell evaluation device 1 is performed with software, the calibration can be performed in a simple manner and at a low cost even when the solar cell type is changed.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2009Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: Konica Minolta Sensing, Inc.Inventor: Yoshihiro Nishikawa
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Patent number: 8806971Abstract: A motor; an electromagnetic switch which; a clutch; and a shift lever which is configured by a pair of lever bodies that are arranged so that one side is engaged with a plunger and the other side is engaged with the clutch, and are provided. A passing through hole is formed at each end portion on the other side of the lever bodies; and an annular plate, which is arranged at an engaging portion of the clutch and on the inside of the other side of the lever bodies and has a convex shaped engaging portion to be passed through the passing through hole, is provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2010Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hayato Yamauchi, Yoshihiro Nishikawa
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Patent number: 8729919Abstract: With a light source evaluation device 10 according to the present invention and a solar cell evaluation device 1 employing the same, a dependency P (?, Ib) for each wavelength ? of a short-circuit current Ib generated by white bias light of a measurement target solar cell 2, which is pre-measured at each of a plurality (i) of irradiance levels, is regarded as a spectral responsivity Pi (?) at each irradiance level, and a value for adjusting a light quantity of an illumination light source 3 that illuminates the solar cell 2 is computed using a spectral responsivity Ps (?), which is computed using the spectral responsivity Pi (?), a pre-supplied spectral irradiance S (?) of reference sunlight, and a pre-measured spectral irradiance L (?) of the illumination light source 3.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2011Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Konica Minolta Optics, Inc.Inventors: Yoshihiro Nishikawa, Tsutomu Okura