Patents by Inventor Yuichi Yoshimura

Yuichi Yoshimura 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: 20260111240
    Abstract: Application-selective battery state based API access prohibition is implemented by receiving a command to execute an application, determining whether the application is in a first group of applications, detecting whether a remaining capacity of a vehicle battery is equal to or less than a threshold value in response to determining that the application is not in the first group, and prohibiting the application from access to one or more Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) of the vehicle in response to detecting that the remaining capacity of the battery is equal to or less than the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2024
    Publication date: April 23, 2026
    Inventors: Yuichi YOSHIMURA, Mitsuo DATE, Yutaka TARUOKA
  • Publication number: 20260111531
    Abstract: Application-selective vehicle state based API access prohibition is implemented by receiving a command to execute an application, determining whether the application is in a first group of applications, detecting whether a vehicle is in a parked state in response to determining that the application is in the first group, and prohibiting the application from access to one or more Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) of the vehicle based on whether the vehicle is in the parked state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2024
    Publication date: April 23, 2026
    Inventors: Yuichi YOSHIMURA, Mitsuo DATE, Yutaka TARUOKA
  • Publication number: 20260111339
    Abstract: Vehicle state based application verification prohibition is implemented by receiving a command to execute an application, determining whether the application has been previously executed, detecting whether a vehicle is in a parked state in response to determining that the application has not been previously executed, and prohibiting a verification process for the application from proceeding in response to detecting that the vehicle is not in the parked state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2024
    Publication date: April 23, 2026
    Inventors: Yuichi YOSHIMURA, Mitsuo DATE, Yutaka TARUOKA
  • Patent number: 12372484
    Abstract: A cable inspection device non-destructively inspects a cable used for supporting a bridge. The cable inspection device includes a neutron source and a neutron detection device. The neutron source emits neutrons to the cable. The neutron detection device includes a detection surface arranged outside the cable, and detects target neutrons and measures the number of the detected target neutrons when neutrons are emitted to the cable. The target neutrons are among the neutrons released from the cable and incident on the detection surface, and each have an energy equal to or lower than a predetermined value that is lower than an energy of a fast neutron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: RIKEN
    Inventors: Yoshie Otake, Yoshimasa Ikeda, Yuichi Yoshimura, Takao Hashiguchi, Maki Mizuta, Hirokazu Kitagawa, Kenta Kato
  • Patent number: 11754516
    Abstract: A neutron emission unit is configured to emit neutrons such that a center axis (Nh) of a neutron emission intersects a center axis direction of collimators (23a to 23e). A calculation unit is capable of generating information about an inspection object in the center axis direction of the collimators, based on position information of a neutron detector and/or position information of the neutron emission unit, information about an angle (?1) at which the center axis of the neutron emission intersects the center axis direction of the collimators, and a neutron amount detected by the neutron detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignees: Topcon Corporation, RIKEN
    Inventors: Hisashi Tsukada, Shigenori Nagano, Yoshie Otake, Hideyuki Sunaga, Yuichi Yoshimura, Koji Ikado
  • Patent number: 11747288
    Abstract: A non-destructive inspection system 1 includes a neutron radiation source 3 capable of emitting neutrons N, and a neutron detector 14 capable of detecting neutrons Nb produced via an inspection object 6a among neutrons N emitted from the neutron radiation source 3. The neutron radiation source 3 includes a linear accelerator 11 capable of emitting charged particles P accelerated; a first magnet section 12 including magnets 12a and 12b facing each other, the magnets 12a and 12b being capable of deflecting the charged particles P in a direction substantially perpendicular to a direction of emission of the charged particles P from the linear accelerator 11; and a target section 13 capable of producing neutrons N by being irradiated with the charged particles P that have passed through the first magnet section 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: Topcon Corporation, RIKEN
    Inventors: Shigenori Nagano, Hisashi Tsukada, Yoshie Otake, Koji Ikado, Yuichi Yoshimura, Hideyuki Sunaga
  • Publication number: 20230213462
    Abstract: A cable inspection device non-destructively inspects a cable used for supporting a bridge. The cable inspection device includes a neutron source and a neutron detection device. The neutron source emits neutrons to the cable. The neutron detection device includes a detection surface arranged outside the cable, and detects target neutrons and measures the number of the detected target neutrons when neutrons are emitted to the cable. The target neutrons are among the neutrons released from the cable and incident on the detection surface, and each have an energy equal to or lower than a predetermined value that is lower than an energy of a fast neutron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: RIKEN
    Inventors: Yoshie OTAKE, Yoshimasa IKEDA, Yuichi YOSHIMURA, Takao HASHIGUCHI, Maki MIZUTA, Hirokazu KITAGAWA, Kenta KATO
  • Patent number: 11614415
    Abstract: A non-destructive inspection system includes: a neutron emission unit 12 capable of emitting neutrons pulsed; a neutron detector capable of detecting the neutrons emitted from the neutron emission unit and penetrating through an inspection object; a storage unit storing attenuation information indicating a relationship between a material of the inspection object and attenuation of the neutrons; and a calculation unit capable of calculating distance information indicating a position of a specific portion in the inspection object in accordance with time change information which is information on a change over time in an amount of the neutrons detected by the neutron detector. The calculation unit is capable of generating information related to an amount of the specific portion from information based on the amount of the neutrons according to the time change information, using the distance information and the attenuation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignees: Topcon Corporation, RIKEN
    Inventors: Shigenori Nagano, Satoru Ishiguro, Yoshie Otake, Hideyuki Sunaga, Yuichi Yoshimura, Koji Ikado
  • Patent number: 11609190
    Abstract: The non-destructive inspection method includes: a water absorbing or drying step of changing a water-content state of a test piece; a transmission image capturing step of irradiating, with a radiation, the test piece absorbed water or dried for a predetermined time in the water absorbing or drying step and capturing a transmission image created by visualizing the radiation transmitted through the test piece; and an evaluation step of evaluating the test piece on the basis of the water-content state of the test piece determined from the transmission image captured in the transmission image capturing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignees: Topcon Corporation, RIKEN
    Inventors: Yuichi Yoshimura, Maki Mizuta, Hideyuki Sunaga, Yoshie Otake
  • Patent number: 11513084
    Abstract: A non-destructive inspection system 1 includes a neutron detecting unit 4 and an arithmetic unit 60. The neutron detecting unit 4 includes a collimator 30 and a neutron detector 20 integrated together. The collimator 30 has a wall defining a through passage P. The wall is made from a material that absorbs neutrons produced via an inspection object. The neutron detector 20 is capable of detecting neutrons that have passed through the collimator 30. The arithmetic unit 60 generates information on a position and composition of the inspection object, based on information on the neutrons detected by the neutron detector 20, positional information indicating the position of the neutron detecting unit 4, and posture information indicating the posture of the neutron detecting unit 4. The positional information and the posture information are detected by a position and posture detecting unit 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: Topcon Corporation, RIKEN
    Inventors: Shigenori Nagano, Hanako Aikoh, Yoshie Otake, Yuichi Yoshimura, Hideyuki Sunaga
  • Publication number: 20220128489
    Abstract: The neutron emission unit is configured to emit neutrons such that a center axis (Nh) of neutron emission intersects a center axis direction of collimators (23a to 23e). A calculation unit is capable of generating information about an inspection object in the center axis direction of the collimators, based on position information of the neutron detector and/or position information of the neutron emission unit, information about an angle (?1) at which the center axis of the neutron emission intersects the center axis direction of the collimators, and a neutron amount detected by the neutron detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicants: Topcon Corporation, RIKEN
    Inventors: Hisashi TSUKADA, Shigenori NAGANO, Yoshie OTAKE, Hideyuki SUNAGA, Yuichi YOSHIMURA, Koji IKADO
  • Publication number: 20220082514
    Abstract: A non-destructive inspection system includes: a neutron emission unit 12 capable of emitting neutrons pulsed; a neutron detector capable of detecting the neutrons emitted from the neutron emission unit and penetrating through an inspection object; a storage unit storing attenuation information indicating a relationship between a material of the inspection object and attenuation of the neutrons; and a calculation unit capable of calculating distance information indicating a position of a specific portion in the inspection object in accordance with time change information which is information on a change over time in an amount of the neutrons detected by the neutron detector. The calculation unit is capable of generating information related to an amount of the specific portion from information based on the amount of the neutrons according to the time change information, using the distance information and the attenuation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicants: Topcon Corporation, RIKEN
    Inventors: Shigenori NAGANO, Satoru ISHIGURO, Yoshie OTAKE, Hideyuki SUNAGA, Yuichi YOSHIMURA, Koji IKADO
  • Publication number: 20220003690
    Abstract: A non-destructive inspection system 1 includes a neutron detecting unit 4 and an arithmetic unit 60. The neutron detecting unit 4 includes a collimator 30 and a neutron detector 20 integrated together. The collimator 30 has a wall defining a through passage P. The wall is made from a material that absorbs neutrons produced via an inspection object. The neutron detector 20 is capable of detecting neutrons that have passed through the collimator 30. The arithmetic unit 60 generates information on a position and composition of the inspection object, based on information on the neutrons detected by the neutron detector 20, positional information indicating the position of the neutron detecting unit 4, and posture information indicating the posture of the neutron detecting unit 4. The positional information and the posture information are detected by a position and posture detecting unit 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicants: Topcon Corporation, RIKEN
    Inventors: Shigenori NAGANO, Hanako AIKOH, Yoshie OTAKE, Yuichi YOSHIMURA, Hideyuki SUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20210396688
    Abstract: A non-destructive inspection system 1 includes a neutron radiation source 3 capable of emitting neutrons N, and a neutron detector 14 capable of detecting neutrons Nb produced via an inspection object 6a among neutrons N emitted from the neutron radiation source 3. The neutron radiation source 3 includes a linear accelerator 11 capable of emitting charged particles P accelerated; a first magnet section 12 including magnets 12a and 12b facing each other, the magnets 12a and 12b being capable of deflecting the charged particles P in a direction substantially perpendicular to a direction of emission of the charged particles P from the linear accelerator 11; and a target section 13 capable of producing neutrons N by being irradiated with the charged particles P that have passed through the first magnet section 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicants: Topcon Corporation, RIKEN
    Inventors: Shigenori NAGANO, Hisashi TSUKADA, Yoshie OTAKE, Koji IKADO, Yuichi YOSHIMURA, Hideyuki SUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20210131981
    Abstract: The non-destructive inspection method includes: a water absorbing or drying step of changing a water-content state of a test piece; a transmission image capturing step of irradiating, with a radiation, the test piece absorbed water or dried for a predetermined time in the water absorbing or drying step and capturing a transmission image created by visualizing the radiation transmitted through the test piece; and an evaluation step of evaluating the test piece on the basis of the water-content state of the test piece determined from the transmission image captured in the transmission image capturing step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicants: Topcon Corporation, RIKEN
    Inventors: Yuichi YOSHIMURA, Maki MIZUTA, Hideyuki SUNAGA, Yoshie OTAKE
  • Patent number: 9548913
    Abstract: Provided are a communication system that is capable of acquiring information having a relatively large data amount by a transmission unit while securing a communication speed of a transmission signal of transmission unit, and a transmission unit employed in communication system. Transmission unit transmits superimposition requesting data from a superimposition requesting unit to a second monitoring terminal in a transmission segment of transmission signal. Second monitoring terminal, upon receiving superimposition requesting data and with responding thereto, transmits, to transmission unit, monitoring data corresponding to a monitoring input from a sensor device with a superimposition signal superimposed on transmission signal as superimposition response data in a reply segment of transmission signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Yoshimura, Tadashi Matsumoto, Shinji Sakasegawa
  • Patent number: 9338846
    Abstract: A dimming device includes a control unit, a first setting section and a second setting section. The control unit is configured to receive a control signal transmitted by a multiplexing transmission method and to control a dimming level of an illumination load in response to the control signal. The illumination load includes light-emitting diodes. The first setting section is configured to set a lower limit of the dimming level of the illumination load, the lower limit being adjustable in a first range. The second setting section is configured to set an upper limit of the dimming level of the illumination load, the upper limit being adjustable in a second range. A minimum value in the second range is greater than a maximum value in the first range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuichi Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 9288073
    Abstract: Transmission and reception of data can be performed between first terminal communicating by transmission signal and second terminal communicating by superimposition signal superimposed on transmission signal. When detecting interrupt signal generated by first monitoring terminal, in interrupt segment of transmission signal, transmission unit makes response requesting unit transmit response requesting data to first monitoring terminal in transmission segment. Response receiving unit receives response data that is transmitted in reply segment, in response to response requesting data, by first monitoring terminal that has generated interrupt signal. Segment securing unit transmits, in transmission segment, securing data for securing reply segment for superimposition of superimposition signal, by prohibiting transmission of response data in reply segment, with specific response data as trigger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Yoshimura, Tadashi Matsumoto, Shinji Sakasegawa
  • Publication number: 20150264768
    Abstract: A dimming device includes a control unit, a first setting section and a second setting section. The control unit is configured to receive a control signal transmitted by a multiplexing transmission method and to control a dimming level of an illumination load in response to the control signal. The illumination load includes light-emitting diodes. The first setting section is configured to set a lower limit of the dimming level of the illumination load, the lower limit being adjustable in a first range. The second setting section is configured to set an upper limit of the dimming level of the illumination load, the upper limit being adjustable in a second range. A minimum value in the second range is greater than a maximum value in the first range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuichi YOSHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20150125032
    Abstract: The object detection device according to the present invention includes: an image obtainer configured to obtain, from a camera for taking images of a predetermined image sensed area, the images of the predetermined image sensed area at a predetermined time interval sequentially; a difference image creator configured to calculate a difference image between images obtained sequentially by the image obtainer; and a determiner configured to determine whether each of a plurality of blocks obtained by dividing the difference image in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction is a motion region in which a detection target in motion is present or a rest region in which an object at rest is present. The determiner is configured to determine, with regard to each of the plurality of blocks, whether a block is the motion region or the rest region, based on pixel values of a plurality of pixels constituting this block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Mutsuhiro Yamanaka, Atsuyuki Hirono, Toshiharu Takenouchi, Hiroshi Matsuda, Yuichi Yoshimura