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Shuichi Shimizu

Shuichi Shimizu, Tochigi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110080029STORAGE ASSIST DEVICE FOR VEHICLE SEAT - A storage assist device for a vehicle seat selectively changes in position between a use and a storage position. The device includes a supporting member for supporting a rotating shaft fixed to the seat cushion; a link member having a fixed portion fixed to the rotating shaft and an engagement portion provided at a position spaced from the fixed portion; a fixing member provided on the vehicle body floor side and disposed at a predetermined distance from the rotating shaft; and an urging spring mounted in a tensioned condition between the engagement portion of the link member and the fixing member that can apply the urging force in the urging direction. The link member is fixed to the rotating shaft such that the entire length of the urging spring is shortest when the seat center of gravity is located on a vertical surface including the rotating shaft.04-07-2011

Shuichi Shimizu, Kanagawa JP

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20100299509SIMULATION SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM - A computer-implemented pipeline execution system, method, and program product for executing loop processing in a multi-core or a multiprocessor computing environment, where the loop processing includes multiple function blocks in a multiple-stage pipeline manner. The system includes: a pipelining unit for pipelining the loop processing and assigning the loop processing to a computer processor or core; a calculating unit for calculating a first-order gradient term from a value calculated with the use of a predicted value of the input to a pipeline; and a correcting unit for correcting an output value of the pipeline with the value of the first-order gradient term.11-25-2010

Shuichi Shimizu, Nagano JP

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20090166918Carbon fiber composite material and process for producing the same - The present invention provides a carbon fiber composite material comprising an elastomer and a carbon nanofiber dispersed in the elastomer, wherein the elastomer has an unsaturated bond or a group, having affinity to the carbon nanofiber. Also disclosed is a process for producing the carbon fiber composite material.07-02-2009
20100279099CARBON FIBER COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides a carbon fiber composite material comprising an elastomer and a carbon nanofiber dispersed in the elastomer, wherein the elastomer has an unsaturated bond or a group, having affinity to the carbon nanofiber. Also disclosed is a process for producing the carbon fiber composite material.11-04-2010

Shuichi Shimizu, Yorktown Heights, NY US

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20100067534DIGITAL CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM - The digital contents distribution system of the present invention distributes digital contents through first and second networks. A server is connected to the first network, and clients for receiving and displaying or reproducing the digital contents are connected to the second network. The server divides digital contents held therein into a plurality of packets, and transmits packets of a minimum unit for constructing the digital contents to the second network. The clients include means for holding the digital contents therein by use of the packets of the minimum unit received from the server and packets received from other clients constructing the second network.03-18-2010

Shuichi Shimizu, Kanagawa-Ken JP

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20090306952SIMULATION METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROGRAM - In a normal operation, a physical unit simulator is allowed to speculatively perform high-speed continuous execution. Only when an actual input comes in, a speculative input and the actual input are compared with each other. Thereafter, in response to inconsistency between the inputs, the physical unit simulator is returned to a point closest to the point of the actual input and is allowed to execute a variable step module to reach the point of the actual input. Upon arrival at the point of the actual input, the simulator is shifted back to the high-speed continuous execution from there. Thus, a processing speed of the simulator can be significantly improved.12-10-2009

Shuichi Shimizu, Yokohama-Shi JP

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20090109218SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING RECOGNITION OF AN OBJECT DRAWN IN AN IMAGE - A system including a memory device that stores, in association with each of a plurality of areas obtained by dividing an input image, an feature amount of an object drawn in the area; a selection section that selects a range of the input image to be recognized by a user based on an instruction therefrom; a calculation section that reads the feature amount corresponding to each area contained in the selected range from the memory device, and calculates an index value based on each read feature amount; and a control section that controls a device which acts on an acoustic sense or a touch sense based on the calculated index value.04-30-2009
20090112993SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING COMMUNICATION AMONG USERS - A system, method and computer program product for supporting communication among users. The system includes a storage device for storing, a search unit for searching, and a selection unit for reading and then selecting a communication means to be used in the communication between the first and second users. The method and computer program product for supporting communication among users includes the steps of searching, reading and then selecting a communication means to be used in the communication between the first and second users.04-30-2009
20090241034Object movement control system, object movement control method, server and computer program - An object movement control system, an object movement control method, a server, and a computer program that can update the positional information of an object in a virtual space at high speed by appropriately distributing processing loads. Client control units obtain information about the position of a first object in a virtual space and information about movement of the first object and detect other objects that exist in a virtual region that contains the first object, which has been moved. The distances between objects that exist in a virtual region are calculated, and only when the number of objects the distances to which are shorter than a predetermined threshold exceeds a predetermined number, information about the objects is sent to a server. The server assigns a collision determination client that performs collision determination to each pair of objects selected from the objects.09-24-2009
20090281779CONTROL UNIT SIMULATION METHOD, SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - A method, system, and computer readable article of manufacture for simulating a mechanism system controlled by a plurality of electronic control units operating at different clock rates. The simulation system includes a mechanism system simulator; a plurality of electronic control unit emulators for electronically emulating the respective plurality of electronic control units, each thereby receiving an input signal with a time and giving an output signal with a time; and a scheduler for receiving and storing the output signals with the times from the plurality of electronic control unit emulators, and for providing, in response to a change in the output signal coming from the electronic control unit emulator and having a relatively late time, the output signal with a time preceding the relatively late time to the mechanism system simulator.11-12-2009

Patent applications by Shuichi Shimizu, Yokohama-Shi JP

Shuichi Shimizu, Yokohama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090113326TECHNIQUE FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY IMAGES OF OBJECTS - A system and method for controlling display of objects, the system including a storage device, a calculator and a display. The storage device stores attribute values of different users respectively assigned a plurality of displayed objects. The displayed objects are each displayed in a form modified according to an operation by the corresponding user. The calculator calculates an index value indicating the intensity of a relationship between a first displayed object operated by a first user and a second displayed object operated by a second user, on the basis of the attribute values respectively corresponding to the first and second displayed objects. The display displays, on a screen of the first user, the second displayed object distinguishably in terms of the intensity of the relationship according to the calculated index value.04-30-2009