Patents by Inventor Yuji Adachi
Yuji Adachi 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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Patent number: 11937573Abstract: In order to achieve a music providing system capable of controlling the behavioral state of a non-human animal using music, this music providing system for a non-human animal is provided with: a state information acquisition unit for acquiring state information relating to the motion state of an animal of interest; a state estimation processing unit for estimating the current behavioral state of the animal of interest from the state information; a target state storage unit for storing information relating to a target behavioral state for the animal of interest; a sound source storage unit for storing multiple music information pieces; a music information selection unit for detecting the degree of divergence of the current behavioral state from the target behavioral state and selecting one specific music information piece on the basis of the multiple music information pieces stored in the sound source storage unit; and a music information output unit for outputting the specific music information by wireless coType: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: MEC COMPANY LTD.Inventors: Kiyoto Tai, Yuji Adachi, Hideshi Hamaguchi
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Patent number: 11915494Abstract: A relative position determining apparatus according to the present invention includes: a first trajectory information obtaining unit obtaining first trajectory information that is a set of first trajectory points indicating positions that a first moving object has passed; a second trajectory information obtaining unit obtaining second trajectory information that is a set of second trajectory points indicating positions that a second moving object has passed; a map information obtaining unit obtaining map information including lane shape information indicating a shape of each lane; a matching determining unit determining whether each of the first trajectory information and the second trajectory information matches the lane shape information; and a relative lane determining unit determining relative lanes of the first moving object and the second moving object, based on a result of the determination by the matching determining unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki Adachi, Yuji Hamada, Takayoshi Takehara
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Publication number: 20230277984Abstract: Atmospheric pollutants are efficiently separated from exhaust gas with low operating cost. The exhaust gas cleaning method forms a fine mist of aqueous alkaline solution with an atomizer in an atomizing step; mixes the aqueous alkaline solution mist with exhaust gas to absorb atmospheric pollutants contained in the exhaust gas into the mist in a mixing step; and separates mist that absorbed atmospheric pollutants from the exhaust gas in a separating step.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2021Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: Kazuo MATSUURA, Toshiharu CHICHIBU, Tomoyoshi NOMURA, Yuji ADACHI, Soichiro SHIMADA, Shingo TOMEMORI
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Publication number: 20230242410Abstract: Carbonate salts are efficiently produced from carbon dioxide in exhaust gas. The method for producing carbonate salts includes an atomizing step that forms an aqueous alkaline solution mist with an atomizer; a mixing step that mixes exhaust gas with the aqueous alkaline solution mist produced in the atomizing step to absorb exhaust gas carbon dioxide in the mist and combine mist positive ions with the carbon dioxide to produce mist that contains carbonate salt; and a separating step that separates the mist that contains carbonate salt produced in the mixing step from exhaust gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2021Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventors: Kazuo MATSUURA, Toshiharu CHICHIBU, Tomoyoshi NOMURA, Yuji ADACHI, Soichiro SHIMADA, Shingo TOMEMORI
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Publication number: 20210267168Abstract: In order to achieve a music providing system capable of controlling the behavioral state of a non-human animal using music, this music providing system for a non-human animal is provided with: a state information acquisition unit for acquiring state information relating to the motion state of an animal of interest; a state estimation processing unit for estimating the current behavioral state of the animal of interest from the state information; a target state storage unit for storing information relating to a target behavioral state for the animal of interest; a sound source storage unit for storing multiple music information pieces; a music information selection unit for detecting the degree of divergence of the current behavioral state from the target behavioral state and selecting one specific music information piece on the basis of the multiple music information pieces stored in the sound source storage unit; and a music information output unit for outputting the specific music information by wireless coType: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2019Publication date: September 2, 2021Inventors: Kiyoto Tai, Yuji Adachi, Hideshi Hamaguchi
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Patent number: 10559955Abstract: There is provided an electrostatic surge prevention structure capable of improving resistance against electrostatic surge, reducing costs and processes, and saving spaces. A flexible printed circuit board 31 connected to a control printed circuit board contained in a front casing 22 is provided at a position corresponding to a gap 41, between the front casing 22 and a touch panel assembly 21, appearing in a display device 12, the flexible printed circuit board 31 has two layers of conductor parts 43 and 44, surfaces of these conductor parts 43 and 44 are covered with insulative coats 46 and 47, an exposed part 44A (or coating part 51 by plating as the exposed part) through which the conductor part 44 is externally exposed is formed at a portion opposing the gap 41 by peeling off the insulative coat 47, and the conductor part 44 having the exposed part 44A (or coating part 51) is grounded.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2015Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: Clarion, CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinji Morita, Sachiko Toshimori, Yuichi Kaneko, Yuji Adachi
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Patent number: 10519536Abstract: A method of producing a carburizing forging material includes heating a steel material at 1300° C. or higher, forming Nb in a solid solution state and then rolling the steel material, heating the rolled steel material in a range of 950 to 1050° C., hot forging the heated steel material in a range of 950 to 1040° C., precipitating a Nb carbonitride in the steel material by cooling the steel material or maintaining a temperature of the steel material under a condition in which a time spent in a range of 950 to 970° C. is 1 minute or longer, precipitating a ferrite phase in the steel material by cooling the steel material or maintaining a temperature of the steel material under a condition in which a time spent in a range of 730 to 870° C. is 10 minutes or longer, and cooling the steel material to room temperature.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2016Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuomi Yamanishi, Hiroyuki Inoue, Yuji Adachi, Takeshi Usami
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Patent number: 10347450Abstract: This invention is a thermally actuated switch in which a sealed vessel contains a fixed contact and a heat-sensitive-plate assembly that has a structure in which a movable contact is anchored to one lengthwise end of a heat-sensitive plate, one end of a metal support is anchored to the other end of said heat-sensitive plate, and the heat-sensitive plate is then drawn. The heat-sensitive-plate assembly has a dish-shaped drawn section near the middle of the heat-sensitive plate and has folded sections between the area where the movable contact is anchored and the widthwise edges of the heat-sensitive plate and also between the area where the metal support is anchored and the widthwise edges of the heat-sensitive plate.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2013Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: UBUKATA INDUSTRIES CO., LTDInventors: Shigemi Sato, Yuji Adachi
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Publication number: 20180312956Abstract: A method of producing a carburizing forging material includes heating a steel material at 1300° C. or higher, forming Nb in a solid solution state and then rolling the steel material, heating the rolled steel material in a range of 950 to 1050° C., hot forging the heated steel material in a range of 950 to 1040° C., precipitating a Nb carbonitride in the steel material by cooling the steel material or maintaining a temperature of the steel material under a condition in which a time spent in a range of 950 to 970° C. is 1 minute or longer, precipitating a ferrite phase in the steel material by cooling the steel material or maintaining a temperature of the steel material under a condition in which a time spent in a range of 730 to 870° C. is 10 minutes or longer, and cooling the steel material to room temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2016Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuomi YAMANISHI, Hiroyuki INOUE, Yuji ADACHI, Takeshi USAMI
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Patent number: 10062235Abstract: The present invention provides a coin recognition unit having high recognition capacity. The coin recognition unit comprises magnetic sensors each configured to collect magnetic characteristics of a transported coin; at least one optical sensor disposed with a space from the magnetic sensors and configured to collect optical characteristics of a surface of the coin; a glass plate constituting a transport surface on which the coin is transported and having a larger size than the coin; and a controller configured to control the magnetic sensors and the at least one optical sensor and perform a recognition process, the glass plate covering at least part of each magnetic sensor and at least part of each optical sensor.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2017Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: GLORY LTD.Inventors: Ryo Hasegawa, Hidekazu Tanaka, Hirofumi Kamatani, Kazumasa Morimoto, Yusuke Ohno, Yuji Adachi, Naoki Tomigaki, Masatoshi Kageyama
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Publication number: 20170358162Abstract: The present invention provides a coin recognition unit having high recognition capacity. The coin recognition unit comprises magnetic sensors each configured to collect magnetic characteristics of a transported coin; at least one optical sensor disposed with a space from the magnetic sensors and configured to collect optical characteristics of a surface of the coin; a glass plate constituting a transport surface on which the coin is transported and having a larger size than the coin; and a controller configured to control the magnetic sensors and the at least one optical sensor and perform a recognition process, the glass plate covering at least part of each magnetic sensor and at least part of each optical sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2017Publication date: December 14, 2017Inventors: Ryo HASEGAWA, Hidekazu TANAKA, Hirofumi KAMATANI, Kazumasa MORIMOTO, Yusuke OHNO, Yuji ADACHI, Naoki TOMIGAKI, Masatoshi KAGEYAMA
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Patent number: 9837231Abstract: A thermal switch includes a thermally responsive plate assembly including a metal support deforming from an initial shape before a header plate assembly is secured to a housing assembly, with a result that a position of a movable contact in the housing assembly is adjusted so as to be within a predetermined height range relative to an open end of a housing. A contact pressure of switching contacts after the assembling is produced by the height adjustment, and subsequently, a neighborhood of a part of the housing to which part the thermally responsive plate assembly is secured is deformed, so that an operating temperature is calibratable.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2013Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: UBUKATA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Isao Higashikata, Yuji Adachi
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Publication number: 20170141566Abstract: There is provided an electrostatic surge prevention structure capable of improving resistance against electrostatic surge, reducing costs and processes, and saving spaces. A flexible printed circuit board 31 connected to a control printed circuit board contained in a front casing 22 is provided at a position corresponding to a gap 41, between the front casing 22 and a touch panel assembly 21, appearing in a display device 12, the flexible printed circuit board 31 has two layers of conductor parts 43 and 44, surfaces of these conductor parts 43 and 44 are covered with insulative coats 46 and 47, an exposed part 44A (or coating part 51 by plating as the exposed part) through which the conductor part 44 is externally exposed is formed at a portion opposing the gap 41 by peeling off the insulative coat 47, and the conductor part 44 having the exposed part 44A (or coating part 51) is grounded.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2015Publication date: May 18, 2017Applicant: CLARION CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinji MORITA, Sachiko TOSHIMORI, Yuichi KANEKO, Yuji ADACHI
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Patent number: 9580778Abstract: An electric furnace steel contains, by mass %, C: 0.12 to 0.28%, Si: equal to or less than 0.15%, Mn: 0.65 to 0.95%, P: equal to or less than 0.035%, S: equal to or less than 0.035%, Cr: 1.35 to 1.90%, Al: 0.020 to 0.050%, and N: 0.0080 to 0.0230%. A scrap material is selected such that Cu, Ni, and Mo that derive from the scrap material and are thus contained as impurities in the electric furnace steel satisfy Expression 1. The electric furnace steel further contains Fe and unavoidable impurities as a remainder thereof. Accordingly, the electric furnace steel can secure carburizing quality equivalent to or higher than that of Cr—Mo steel, and can have properties equivalent to or higher than that of Cr—Mo steel, without adding Mo. ([Cu]+2×[Ni])0.76×[Mo]?0.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2014Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: AICHI STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji Adachi, Naoki Fukuda
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Publication number: 20160276119Abstract: This invention is a thermally actuated switch in which a sealed vessel contains a fixed contact and a heat-sensitive-plate assembly that has a structure in which a movable contact is anchored to one lengthwise end of a heat-sensitive plate, one end of a metal support is anchored to the other end of said heat-sensitive plate, and the heat-sensitive plate is then drawn. The heat-sensitive-plate assembly has a dish-shaped drawn section near the middle of the heat-sensitive plate and has folded sections between the area where the movable contact is anchored and the widthwise edges of the heat-sensitive plate and also between the area where the metal support is anchored and the widthwise edges of the heat-sensitive plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2013Publication date: September 22, 2016Inventors: Shigemi SATO, Yuji ADACHI
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Publication number: 20150364282Abstract: A thermal switch includes a thermally responsive plate assembly including a metal support deforming from an initial shape before a header plate assembly is secured to a housing assembly, with a result that a position of a movable contact in the housing assembly is adjusted so as to be within a predetermined height range relative to an open end of a housing. A contact pressure of switching contacts after the assembling is produced by the height adjustment, and subsequently, a neighborhood of a part of the housing to which part the thermally responsive plate assembly is secured is deformed, so that an operating temperature is calibratable.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2013Publication date: December 17, 2015Inventors: Isao HIGASHIKATA, Yuji ADACHI
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Publication number: 20150023833Abstract: An electric furnace steel contains, by mass %, C: 0.12 to 0.28%, Si: equal to or less than 0.15%, Mn: 0.65 to 0.95%, P: equal to or less than 0.035%, S: equal to or less than 0.035%, Cr: 1.35 to 1.90%, Al: 0.020 to 0.050%, and N: 0.0080 to 0.0230%. A scrap material is selected such that Cu, Ni, and Mo that derive from the scrap material and are thus contained as impurities in the electric furnace steel satisfy Expression 1. The electric furnace steel further contains Fe and unavoidable impurities as a remainder thereof. Accordingly, the electric furnace steel can secure carburizing quality equivalent to or higher than that of Cr—Mo steel, and can have properties equivalent to or higher than that of Cr—Mo steel, without adding Mo. ([Cu]+2×[Ni])0.76×[Mo]?0.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Applicant: AICHI STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji Adachi, Naoki Fukuda
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Patent number: 8733199Abstract: A method of manufacturing a gear, and the resulting gear, the method resulting such that the surface layer portions of the tooth portions and a tooth root portion are made to be a carburized layer, the remaining portion of the tooth portions and a portion of a disk portion lying below the carburized layer be a quench-hardened layer, and a region of the disk portion lying deeper than the quench-hardened layer be an unquenched layer. The gear is manufactured using raw material steel having the following chemical composition: C: 0.1% to 0.40% (% by mass), Si: 0.35% to 3.0%, Mn: 0.1% to 3.0%, Cr: less than 0.2%, Mo: 0.1% or less, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.15% or less, Al: 0.05% or less, N: 0.03% or less, and Fe and unavoidable impurities.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2011Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignees: Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Nippon Steel CorporationInventors: Koji Obayashi, Keita Taguchi, Susumu Kato, Shuji Kozawa, Manabu Kubota, Yuji Adachi, Hirokazu Sato
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Patent number: 8587716Abstract: A lens barrel includes a fourth lens, a prism, and a sixth lens. The fourth lens receives a light flux incident along a first optical axis. The prism includes a reflecting surface reflecting the light flux passing through the fourth lens to a direction along a second optical axis intersecting with the first optical axis. The sixth lens receives the light flux reflected by the prism. A second group frame includes an opening portion, a prism retaining frame that is arranged in a more inner position than the opening portion and in which the prism is contained, and a plurality of adhesive pockets arranged on an area around the prism retaining frame and being open to the side of the opening portion. Adhesive agent is filled in the adhesive pockets.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2011Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Eiichi Nagaoka, Yuji Adachi, Keiji Sakamoto
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Patent number: 8462256Abstract: A lens barrel includes a fourth lens, a prism, and a sixth lens. The fourth lens receives a light flux incident along a first optical axis. The prism includes a reflecting surface reflecting the light flux passing through the fourth lens to a direction along a second optical axis intersecting with the first optical axis. The sixth lens receives the light flux reflected by the prism. A second group frame includes an opening portion, a prism retaining frame that is arranged in a more inner position than the opening portion and in which the prism is contained, and a plurality of adhesive pockets arranged on an area around the prism retaining frame and being open to the side of the opening portion. Adhesive agent is filled in the adhesive pockets.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2011Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Eiichi Nagaoka, Keiji Sakamoto, Yuji Adachi