Patents by Inventor Yosuke Kimura
Yosuke Kimura 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: 20240117575Abstract: An infrastructure diagnostic device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: at least one memory configured to store instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: generate a road section by dividing, by meshes, a movement path of a moving body collected from the moving body moving on a road, the meshes being obtained by dividing a ground surface into a predetermined size; and determine and output a state of the road section based on sensor information of the road section collected from the moving body.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2021Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Nana Jumonji, Yosuke Kimura, Chisato Sugawara, Toru Takami, Hiroshi Nakasato
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Patent number: 11936217Abstract: An electric power supply system includes an electric power reception apparatus and an electric power supply apparatus adapted to supply electric power to the electric power reception apparatus when the electric power reception apparatus is placed on the electric power supply apparatus. The electric power supply apparatus includes a plurality of electric power supply units adapted to supply electric power by electromagnetic induction to the electric power reception apparatus. A selection unit of the electric power supply apparatus selects, from the total plurality of electric power supply units, a plurality of electric power supply units whose location corresponds to a position where the electric power reception apparatus is placed, and a control unit controls the supply of electric power such that electric power is supplied to the electric power reception apparatus from the selected plurality of electric power supply units.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Yosuke Kozuma, Shinpei Nishikawa, Shinji Kimura, Yusuke Hori, Goro Mikano, Yuuki Iwasaki, Shigetoshi Onitsuka
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Publication number: 20240087372Abstract: A wheel state obtaining system configured to obtain a wheel state that is a state of at least one of a plurality of wheels of a vehicle includes: a wheel speed detection device configured to detect a wheel speed of each of the plurality of wheels; a traveling state detection device configured to detect a traveling state of the vehicle; and a controller. When the traveling state of the vehicle detected by the traveling state detection device is a predetermined set state, the controller obtains a wheel speed difference of two of the plurality of wheels based on the wheel speeds of the plurality of wheels detected by the wheel speed detection device. The controller determines whether at least one of the two wheels is in an abnormal state based on the wheel speed difference.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yosuke KIMURA, Yoshihisa Yamada
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Publication number: 20240084528Abstract: A training data generation device according to the present invention includes: a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The processor performs operations. The operations including: selecting, from items included in any of a state of a road, a type of the road, a type of sensor information for determining the state of the road, an acquisition condition of the sensor information and an external environment in an acquisition of the sensor information, a combination including at least two or more of the items; and extracting the sensor information using the combination as training data to be used for training a model for determining the state of the road using the sensor information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2021Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Chisato Sugawara, Gaku Nakano, Nana Jumonji, Yosuke Kimura
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Publication number: 20240078725Abstract: An infrastructure diagnostic device comprises a time-series display control unit, a reception unit, and a location display control unit. The time-series display control unit displays the infrastructure states of a plurality of locations in a predetermined area in time series on a display. The reception unit receives selection of data from among the time series for the infrastructure states of the plurality of locations. The location display control unit displays, on a map, a location corresponding to the selected data on the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2021Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Yosuke Kimura, Nana Jumonji, Chisato Sugawara, Toru Takami, Hiroshi Nakasato
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Publication number: 20240051547Abstract: A driver collation system including: a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The processor performs operations. The operations include: acquiring driving characteristics related to driving by a driver of a vehicle; and extracting a driver candidate from past drivers by collating the acquired driving characteristics with the driving characteristics of the past drivers.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2021Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Masaya Tokunaga, Chisato Sugawara, Nana Jumonji, Yosuke Kimura, Toru Takami
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Publication number: 20240046779Abstract: A driving determination system includes: a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The processor performs operations. The operations include: sensing dangerous driving of a vehicle based on sensor information of the vehicle; based on image information obtained by photographing inside or outside of the vehicle, detecting a traveling condition regarding traveling of the vehicle at the time the dangerous driving is sensed; and determining whether the sensed dangerous driving is unavoidable driving according to the detected traveling condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Chisato Sugawara, Nana Jumonji, Yosuke Kimura, Masaya Tokunaga, Toru Takami
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Publication number: 20240034108Abstract: After the air pressure of the tire of the vehicle has decreased to a predetermined abnormal value, the system management server determines that the vehicle has returned to a normal value without performing a tire replacement operation or a tire repair operation (for example, there is a driver that continuously drives the vehicle by replenishing air without performing a tire replacement even if the tire is punctured), and transmits abnormality notification information to the administrator terminal device. Thus, the warning information is provided to the current driver of the vehicle by the operation of the administrator terminal device by the administrator.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Tsuyoshi ANDOU, Takahiro KAMOGAWA, Yosuke KIMURA
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Publication number: 20240029003Abstract: An infrastructure management system includes an information acquisition unit, a ranking unit, and a display control unit. The information acquisition unit acquires management information indicating an infrastructure management state of each of a plurality of companies. The ranking unit calculates a score pertaining to the management state of each of the plurality of companies, on the basis of the management information for each of the plurality of companies, and ranks the plurality of companies according to the calculated scores. The display control unit displays the rankings of the plurality of companies on a display means.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2020Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Maiko HASEGAWA, Nana JUMONJI, Chisato SUGAWARA, Yosuke KIMURA
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Publication number: 20240026615Abstract: A deterioration determination device includes: a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The processor performs operations. The operations include: acquiring a diagnosis result of first deterioration of a structure and a determination result of displacement of a ground surface including the structure; determining second deterioration of the structure using the diagnosis result of the first deterioration and the determination result of the displacement of the ground surface; and outputting the second deterioration and a position of the second deterioration.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2020Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Nana JUMONJI, Yosuke Kimura, Chisato Sugawara, Takakazu Ishii, Shouhei Ohno, Hiromichi Hirata, Daisuke Hashizume
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Publication number: 20230419687Abstract: A state determination device according to the present invention includes: a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The processor performs operations. The operations including: combining output from a plurality of determination models for an input image of a road, the plurality of determination models each learned using training data in which at least one of a state of a moving object mounting an imaging device that acquires an image of the road, a state of the road, and an external environment is different.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2020Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Nana JUMONJI, Gaku NAKANO, Chisato SUGAWARA, Yosuke Kimura
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Publication number: 20230417902Abstract: A deterioration assessment device includes: a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The processor performs operations. The operations include: acquiring information on displacement of a ground surface; extracting a position at which sensor information used for assessment of deterioration is acquired based on the information on the displacement of the ground surface; and outputting the extracted position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2020Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Nana JUMONJI, Kaori IWAFUCHI, Yosuke KIMURA, Chisato SUGAWARA, Takakazu ISHII, Daisuke HASHIZUME, Hiromichi HIRATA, Shouhei OHNO
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Publication number: 20230391342Abstract: The calculation server aggregates the fluctuation per unit time of the physical quantity indicating the behavior of each of the plurality of detected vehicles, the plurality of maximum values by each of the plurality of vehicles in the first predetermined period, the section average fluctuation which is an average value for the plurality of vehicles, and each of the section maximum fluctuation which is a maximum value of the plurality of maximum values in the first predetermined period in a second predetermined period longer than the first predetermined period, and detects the road surface damage location based on the result of removing the noise component from the aggregated result.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Yosuke KIMURA, Tatsuya OBUCHI
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Publication number: 20230382337Abstract: The information processing device includes: an acquiring unit that acquires vehicle information including an acceleration of a vehicle and a detection time at which the acceleration is detected; a deriving unit that derives an amount of change of the acceleration per unit time using the vehicle information; a setting unit that sets a threshold value of the amount of change corresponding to an interval at which the acceleration is detected using the detection time; and an extracting unit that extracts the vehicle information corresponding to the amount of change as target data when the amount of change is equal to or larger than the threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Kentaroh NAGAYA, Yosuke KIMURA
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Publication number: 20230357998Abstract: A road surface management device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: at least one memory configured to store instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: identify a section in which an image is captured, among a plurality of sections obtained by dividing a traveling road of an airport, based on positional relationships between the plurality of sections and signs, and signs in the image included in sensor information collected on the traveling road; detect an abnormality of the traveling road in the identified section based on the collected sensor information; and output the detected abnormality in association with the identified section.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2020Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Chisato Sugawara, Nana Jumonji, Yosuke Kimura, Maiko Hasegawa
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Raw material gas liquefying device and method of controlling this raw material gas liquefying device
Patent number: 11808502Abstract: A raw material gas liquefying device includes a feed line which feeds a raw material gas, a refrigerant circulation line which circulates a refrigerant, the refrigerant circulation line including an expansion unit of a turbine type which expands the refrigerant to generate cryogenic energy, and an expansion unit entrance valve provided at an entrance side of the expansion unit, a heat exchanger which exchanges heat between the raw material gas and the refrigerant, a cooler which performs initial cooling of the raw material gas and the refrigerant by heat exchange with liquid nitrogen, and a controller which manipulates the opening rate of the expansion unit entrance value and performs a feedback control so that the rotation speed of the expansion unit reaches a predetermined target value, and outputs the opening rate command to the expansion unit entrance valve, at start-up and stop of the expansion unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2017Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naotaka Yamazoe, Tomohiro Sakamoto, Hidetaka Miyazaki, Daisuke Kariya, Yasuo Miwa, Yuichi Saito, Yosuke Kimura -
Patent number: 11745526Abstract: Provided are a printing apparatus, a reading method, and a program capable of stably acquiring a high-quality read image.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Yosuke Kimura
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Publication number: 20230260338Abstract: The present invention associates a deterioration detected on the basis of sensor information gathered by a mobile object with a correct confirmation result obtained at the site where the deterioration has occurred. This deterioration diagnosis device 1 has a diagnosis unit 2 that provides a diagnosis of deterioration of a road surface by analyzing sensor information gathered by a mobile object and then outputs the location of detected deterioration. An association unit 3 associates a diagnosis result with the confirmation result on the basis of the location of a road surface deterioration confirmed by humans and the location of the deterioration detected from the diagnosis. A storage unit 4 stores therein the diagnosis result and the confirmation result thus associated.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2020Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Nana Jumonji, Chisato Sugawara, Yosuke Kimura, Maiko Hasegawa
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Raw material gas liquefying device and method of controlling this raw material gas liquefying device
Patent number: 11662140Abstract: A raw material gas liquefying device includes a feed line; a refrigerant circulation line; and a controller. In a refrigerant liquefaction route, a refrigerant flows through a compressor, a heat exchanger, a circulation system JT valve, a liquefied refrigerant storage tank, and the heat exchanger, and returns to the compressor. In a cryogenic energy generation route, the refrigerant flows through the compressor, the heat exchanger, an expansion unit, and the heat exchanger, and returns to the compressor. The controller determines if a refrigerant storage tank liquid level is within an allowable range, manipulates a feed system JT valve opening rate to control refrigerant temperature at the high-temperature-side refrigerant flow path exit side of the heat exchanger, and manipulates the opening rate of the feed system JT valve to control the refrigerant storage tank liquid level so that the refrigerant storage tank liquid level falls into the predetermined allowable range.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2017Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomohiro Sakamoto, Hidetaka Miyazaki, Naotaka Yamazoe, Daisuke Kariya, Yasuo Miwa, Yuichi Saitou, Yosuke Kimura, Toshihiro Komiya, Yoshihiro Matsuda, Keisuke Nakagawa -
Publication number: 20230136713Abstract: A server as a sensing device is configured such that a calculation unit handles pieces of sampled vehicle data divided and assigned to data ranges set in advance, and calculates linear interpolation by using coordinate information on the vehicle data representing at least one of a longitudinal acceleration, a steering angle, and a lateral acceleration with respect to a relative difference in wheel speed between predetermined ones of front and rear wheels or right and left wheels of a vehicle, for the data ranges, that the calculation unit registers the vehicle data corresponding to a Y-intercept as to the relative difference in wheel speed between the predetermined wheels, based on the calculated linear interpolation, for the data ranges, and that a sensing unit senses air pressure decrease in a tire by using the difference in wheel speed between the predetermined wheels in the registered vehicle data, for the data ranges.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yosuke KIMURA, Yasuhiro UEHARA