Patents by Inventor Akira Sasaki

Akira Sasaki 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: 20230136617
    Abstract: A sensor comprises a protecting tube fixed to a through hole formed in a partition of a container, a detection part arranged inside the protecting tube, conducting wires connected with the detection part in the inside of the protecting tube, and a fixing member fixed to the partition, and the conducting wires are detachably fixed to the fixing member outside the protecting tube. In a preferred embodiment, the container is an airtight container, and the protecting tube is fixed to the partition indivisibly and integrally. Thereby, a sensor which comprises a detection part and conducting wires in the inside of a protecting tube fixed to a partition of a container and makes it possible to easily exchange a part of members at the time of malfunction and easily adjust a position of the detection part, etc., by a simple structure can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventor: Akira Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11618468
    Abstract: A server device configured to communicate with a communication device mounted in a vehicle, the server device includes a controller configured to execute acquiring a position of an emergency vehicle, specifying a non-emergency vehicle at a predetermined distance from the position of the emergency vehicle, and transmitting, to a communication device mounted in the non-emergency vehicle, a request as information requiring the non-emergency vehicle to stop use of wireless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira Sasaki, Jun Hioki, Kazuki Matsumoto, Fumio Wada
  • Publication number: 20230065327
    Abstract: An LIS receives, from a laboratory technician, information for evaluation to designate at least one item of a content to be used by an analysis device for deriving an analysis result. The LIS transmits an analysis instruction and a request for the information for evaluation, to the analysis device. The analysis device transmits, to the LIS, a value (for example, a reagent name used for analysis) of an item designated by the information for evaluation together with the analysis result. In the LIS, the laboratory technician evaluates the analysis result with reference to the value of the item designated by the information for evaluation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Akira SASAKI, Daisuke KAWAKAMI
  • Patent number: 11577738
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a cabin having a first room and a second room that are capable of accommodating at least one passenger, and configured to isolate one or more passengers accommodated in the first room from one or more passengers accommodated in the second room, a guidance apparatus configured to guide the at least one passenger to be accommodated in either the first room or the second room, and a control apparatus configured to control the guidance apparatus. When a user boards as the at least one passenger, the control apparatus determines which of the first room and the second room the user is to board, based on information regarding the user. The guidance apparatus is configured to guide and board the user to whichever of the first room and the second room determined by the control apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Tatsumoto, Saori Matsumoto, Keigo Yamada, Akira Sasaki, Mitsuhiro Miura
  • Patent number: 11570254
    Abstract: A server apparatus includes a communication interface and a controller configured to transmit/receive information to/from another apparatus using the communication interface. Upon receiving a request for vehicle dispatch from a terminal apparatus, the controller is configured to transmit an instruction to pick up a user of the terminal apparatus to a vehicle that includes a game apparatus corresponding to a game preference of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Tatsumoto, Toshiki Kashiwakura, Akira Sasaki, Manabu Ishihara
  • Patent number: 11541645
    Abstract: A cover film having at least (A) a substrate layer, (B) an intermediate layer, (C) an adhesive layer, and (D) a heat seal layer having a heat sealable resin, a thermoplastic resin of the (D) heat sealing layer having a mixture of two types of (meth)acrylic acid ester copolymers having different glass transition temperatures and a hydrazide compound, wherein one of the (meth)acrylic acid ester copolymer in the (meth)acrylic acid ester copolymer mixture has a glass transition temperature of ?20 to 10° C. and the other (meth)acrylic acid ester copolymer has a glass transition temperature of 40 to 80° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Takanori Atsusaka, Akira Sasaki, Saori Niwa, Shun Uchiyama, Akihiro Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 11535934
    Abstract: A vaporizer includes a tank in which liquid material is heated to generate gas, a cabinet which houses the tank, and a conduit which supplies the gas to the outside of the cabinet. The vaporizer also includes a flow rate measuring means which measures a flow rate of the gas flowing through said conduit, and a heater plate which heats the conduit. The cabinet comprises a detachable panel that is a panel which can be removed. A first support member is fixed directly or indirectly to said cabinet at a position other than said detachable panel, the flow rate measuring means is supported by said first support member, and the heater plate is supported between said flow rate measuring means and said detachable panel by said first support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Sasaki, Yoshinori Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20220368066
    Abstract: An airtight connection assembly comprising conducting members constituting passages of a signal or fluid, a sealing part including a first sealing member with a shape which can cover a first hole formed in a partition of an airtight container and a sealing material, and a connecting part comprising a connector connected to either or both of ends of the conducting members, second holes formed in said first sealing member so as to communicate the inside and outside of the airtight container with each other, the conducting members are individually inserted through the second holes, and gaps between the conducting members and inner circumferential surfaces of the second holes are filled with a sealing material. Thereby, it is made possible to deliver and receive an electric signal etc. between the inside and outside of the airtight container while maintaining airtightness of the airtight container by a simple configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventor: Akira Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20220363199
    Abstract: A trunk structure for a vehicle is provided which can house both a spare tire and a tonneau cover below a floor board in a trunk, and has high operability in housing, removing, and replacing the spare tire and the tonneau cover. A trunk of a vehicle has a spare tire housing and a tonneau cover housing below a floor board. A tonneau cover has a tube portion, a sheet portion, and an extension plate portion. The tonneau cover housing has a portion located between the spare tire and a rear end of the trunk, in which the tube portion of the tonneau cover is stored in a rolled state. The housing also has a portion above a part of the spare tire where the extension plate portion, extending outward from the tube portion when the sheet portion is rolled in the tube portion, is horizontally disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keishi NISHIMURA, Akira SASAKI
  • Patent number: 11499984
    Abstract: A display unit of the present invention displays icons respectively for a series of process steps of a pretreatment unit and an analysis device on a setting screen. The display unit displays a first shutdown icon for a first shutdown step and a second shutdown icon for a second shutdown step in association with the icons respectively for the series of process steps, the first shutdown step being performed when the pretreatment unit and the analysis device end process steps without causing an error, the second shutdown step being performed when the pretreatment unit and the analysis device end the process steps as an error is caused while the process steps are performed. When a user selects any one of these icons, the display unit displays an input screen on the setting screen for inputting the setting information for the process step corresponding to the selected icon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11499839
    Abstract: A driver assistance device mounted on a vehicle includes a communication unit; an output unit; an input unit configured to detect user input; and a control unit configured to perform driver assistance with use of a point on a map as a destination. The control unit is configured to i) execute a connection process to connect the driver assistance device to a terminal device wirelessly via the communication unit, ii) output identification information on the terminal device as an image or a voice via the output unit after the driver assistance device is wirelessly connected to the terminal device, and iii) execute a setting process to set the point determined by the terminal device as the destination for the driver assistance in a case where the control unit detects specified user input via the input unit after outputting the identification information on the terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira Sasaki, Masashi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 11468724
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a controller configured to generate an electronic key for unlocking a storage configured to be locked with an article stored therein, and a communication interface configured to transmit the electronic key generated by the controller to a terminal apparatus of a user in a case in which the user is forecasted to arrive at a store after a time slot for providing the article at the store has passed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira Sasaki, Manabu Ishihara, Toshiki Kashiwakura, Evan Vijithakumara
  • Publication number: 20220242241
    Abstract: A vehicle display device includes: a display part having a front-side display part, a rear-side display part and an upper-side display part provided inside a vehicle cabin, each of the front-side display part, the rear-side display part and the upper-side display part having a display face; a detection part that detects an orientation and a posture of an occupant; and a control part that selects a display face in accordance with the orientation and the posture of the occupant detected by the detection part, and controls display by the display part such that information is displayed at the selected display face. The display face of the upper-side display part is provided at a roof head lining inside the vehicle cabin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira Sasaki, Eisuke Ando, Misako Hayashima, Saki Kitoh, Masahiro Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20220242240
    Abstract: A vehicle display device that includes: a display part having a front-side display part and a rear-side display part provided inside a vehicle cabin, each of the front-side display part and the rear-side display part having a display face; a detection part that detects an orientation and a posture of an occupant; and a control part that selects a display face in accordance with the orientation and the posture of the occupant detected by the detection part, raises the selected display face, and controls display by the display part such that information is displayed at the selected display face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira Sasaki, Eisuke Ando, Misako Hayashima, Saki Kitoh, Masahiro Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11383106
    Abstract: Provided is an ultrasound therapy system for treating a joint by providing a focused ultrasound wave to a bone surface as an affected part, and which has a temperature monitoring function for controlling irradiation intensity. The ultrasound therapy system includes a focused ultrasound wave providing unit provided on skin and configured to radiate the focused ultrasound wave to the affected part, and a temperature detecting unit configured to measure a temperature of the affected part. The temperature detecting unit includes an electromagnetic wave measuring unit configured to measure intensity of an electromagnetic wave radiated from the bone surface, and an analyzing unit configured to analyze change of the electromagnetic wave of the electromagnetic wave measuring unit to provide the temperature of the affected part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Akira Sasaki, Kiyoshi Yoshinaka
  • Patent number: 11368830
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a controller configured to acquire information relating to a current position of a terminal from the terminal, transmit first content data to the terminal when the current position of the terminal is within a communication range of first wireless communication, and transmit second content data, which has a data size transmittable within a predetermined time even though second wireless communication having a speed lower than the first wireless communication, transfers information with the same effect as a content of the first content data, and is different in transfer method of the content from the first content data, to the terminal when the current position of the terminal is outside the communication range of the first wireless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira Sasaki, Jun Hioki, Kazuki Matsumoto, Fumio Wada
  • Publication number: 20220177833
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide human fatty-liver model cells showing symptoms of the hepatic tissue of fatty liver. The present invention relates to human fatty-liver model cells, which are produced by culturing human hepatocytes derived from fatty liver in a medium containing dimethyl sulfoxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicants: PhoenixBio Co., Ltd., Akita Prefectural Government
    Inventors: Masakazu KAKUNI, Masaki TAKAHASHI, Keishi HATA, Sayaka TOMATSU, Akira SASAKI, Yui UMEKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220169276
    Abstract: A server device configured to communicate with a communication device mounted in a vehicle, the server device includes a controller configured to execute acquiring a position of an emergency vehicle, specifying a non-emergency vehicle at a predetermined distance from the position of the emergency vehicle, and transmitting, to a communication device mounted in the non-emergency vehicle, a request as information requiring the non-emergency vehicle to stop use of wireless communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira SASAKI, Jun HIOKI, Kazuki MATSUMOTO, Fumio WADA
  • Publication number: 20220163968
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire environment data obtained by observing an environment at a location, and control dispatch of a vehicle loaded with an article for a user who is located at the location, based on the acquired environment data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira Sasaki, Manabu Ishihara, Toshiki Kashiwakura
  • Patent number: 11338678
    Abstract: A vehicle display device that includes: a display part having a plurality of display faces that display information and that are provided at at least one location among a front face, a rear face, an upper face or a side face inside a vehicle cabin; a detection part that detects an orientation and a posture of an occupant; and a control part that selects a display face in accordance with the orientation and the posture of the occupant detected by the detection part, and controls display by the display part such that information is displayed at the selected display face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira Sasaki, Eisuke Ando, Misako Hayashima, Saki Kitoh, Masahiro Yamashita