Patents by Inventor Atsushi Ito

Atsushi Ito 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).

  • Patent number: 11733951
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a microprocessor configured to perform determining whether a position of a first device is a predetermined position, and controlling image displays on a first display portion provided at the first device and a second display portion provided at a second device in accordance with a determination result. The microprocessor is configured to perform the controlling including controlling image displays on the first display portion and the second display portion so that a predetermined image is displayed on the first display portion before it is determined that the first device is the predetermined position, and the predetermined image is displayed while gradually moving over time from the first display portion to the second display portion when it is determined that the first device is the predetermined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yashiki, Takashi Tetsuka, Atsushi Ito, Nanami Tsukamoto, Shinichiro Yamauchi, Tomoko Shintani
  • Patent number: 11720820
    Abstract: A system performs operation monitoring in which a learning model in operation is monitored. In the operation monitoring, the system performs a first certainty factor comparison to determine, each time the learning model in operation to which input data is input outputs output data, whether or not a certainty factor of the learning model is below a first threshold. In a case where a result of the first certainty factor comparison is true, the system replaces the learning model in operation with any of candidate learning models having a certainty factor higher than the certainty factor of the learning model in operation in which the result of true is obtained among one or more candidate learning models (one or more learning models each having a version different from a version of the learning model in operation), as a learning model of an operation target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Tokunaga, Yuto Kojima, Yutaro Kato, Shimei Ko, Atsushi Ito
  • Publication number: 20230235525
    Abstract: A sound amplification structure includes a sound path that is formed by an underfloor foundation of a building and a concrete peripheral wall formed by standing up approximately vertically from the underfloor foundation. One end of the sound path (a speaker unit communication section) is able to communicate with a floor speaker unit placed in a room of the building. A width of the sound path widens from the one end toward other end of the sound path. The other end of the sound path (an output unit) is able to output sounds that are emitted from the floor speaker unit and amplified through the sound path. A length of the sound path is 4 m or longer. Preferably, the sound path is U-shaped, Z-shaped, or a zig-zag shaped. The concrete peripheral wall preferably doubles as a building foundation structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventor: Atsushi ITO
  • Patent number: 11701900
    Abstract: A printer includes: a head; a lamp; a condenser lens; a platen; and a lamp cover. The head is configured to eject a light-curable ink onto a printing object. The lamp is movable relative to the printing object in a main scanning direction, and is configured to emit light to irradiate the printing object. The condenser lens is configured to focus the light emitted from the lamp. The platen is configured to support the printing object and to move in a sub scanning direction relative to the head. The lamp cover has translucency, and includes one end portion and the other end portion in the sub scanning direction. Each of the one end portion and the other end portion has an adjustment part. The adjustment part is configured to adjust the light transmitted through the lamp cover by blocking part of the light or diffusing the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Noda, Atsushi Ito
  • Publication number: 20230218187
    Abstract: Provided is a technology capable of accurately measuring biological information with a simple structure. Provided is a biological information measurement device including: a light emitting element that irradiates a living body with light; and a plurality of light receiving elements that receives light scattered in the living body, in which at least one light receiving element has a different area from an area of another light receiving element. Further, provided is a biological information measurement system including: a biological information measurement device including a light emitting element that irradiates a living body with light, and a plurality of light receiving elements that receives light scattered in the living body, in which at least one light receiving element has a different area from an area of another light receiving element; and an analysis device that analyzes biological information on the basis of signals obtained from the light receiving elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi ITO, Tomoya IKUTA
  • Patent number: 11685404
    Abstract: An autonomous driving control method carried out by an autonomous driving control system having an autonomous driving control unit that executes an autonomous driving control for causing a host vehicle to travel along a target travel route generated on a map, comprising setting one or a plurality of target passage gates through which the host vehicle is scheduled to pass during passage through a toll plaza, determining the presence or absence of a preceding vehicle that has the predicted passage gate that matches the target passage gate of the host vehicle from among a plurality of preceding vehicles, and carrying out following travel using the preceding vehicle that has the predicted passage gate that matches the target passage gate as a follow target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Renault S.A.S.
    Inventors: Shuhei Emoto, Katsuhiko Degawa, Takahiro Nojiri, Tatsuya Shino, Shuko Ishimaru, Atsushi Ito, Toshihiro Asai
  • Publication number: 20230190106
    Abstract: A biological information measurement apparatus including: a light emitting unit that irradiates a living body with light; and a light receiving unit that receives light scattered at a plurality of measurement sites in the living body, in which the biological information measurement apparatus includes a mechanism in which the light scattered at the plurality of measurement sites is individually detected by a plurality of the light receiving units or the same light receiving unit. Also provided is a biological information measurement system including: a light emitting device that irradiates a living body with light; and a light receiving device that receives light scattered at a plurality of measurement sites in the living body, in which the biological information measurement system includes a mechanism in which the light scattered at the plurality of measurement sites is individually detected by a plurality of light receiving units or the same light receiving unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoya IKUTA, Atsushi ITO
  • Patent number: 11667277
    Abstract: In a driving assistance control apparatus for a vehicle, an acquisition unit is configured to acquire a detected traveling state of the vehicle and a detected traveling environment of the vehicle. A control unit is configured to, when a curvature radius of a travel trajectory of the vehicle is equal to or less than a predetermined radius threshold, cause a driving assistance unit to perform collision avoidance assistance using, as an activation area of the collision avoidance assistance, a reduced activation area obtained by reducing a reference activation area, and when determining that the vehicle is making a constant turn, cause the driving assistance unit to perform the collision avoidance assistance by using the traveling state of the vehicle and the traveling environment of the vehicle and the reference activation area even if the curvature radius of the travel trajectory is equal to or less than the radius threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei Kamiya, Atsushi Ito
  • Patent number: 11666237
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a measurement apparatus and a measurement method that realize reduction in power consumption while at the same time ensuring reduction in cost. Provided is a measurement apparatus that includes a light source, a light reception section, and a measurement section. The light source emits at least partially coherent light. The light reception section receives the light emitted from the light source by way of a measurement target and detects a signal proportional to the received light. The measurement section measures the number of oscillations included in the signal detected by the light reception section within a certain time period. For example, the present technology can be applied to a measurement apparatus measuring a blood flow of a human body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Ito, Kazunari Yoshifuji
  • Patent number: 11663708
    Abstract: A field of view of a captured image of a lensless camera can be controlled, and a configuration of generating a restored image including part of an imaging region is realized. Included is a signal processing unit that receives observed image signals as output of an image sensor of a lensless camera to generate a restored image of a restored image region including part of a captured image region of the lensless camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Oyaizu, Ilya Reshetouski, Atsushi Ito
  • Patent number: 11663437
    Abstract: A light emitting apparatus recognition system includes a light emitting apparatus, an image capturing apparatus, a recognition apparatus, and an electromagnetic wave emitting element. The light emitting apparatus includes a light source that blinks on the basis of identification information unique to the light emitting apparatus and an electromagnetic wave receiving element. The image capturing apparatus captures an image of light emitted by the light source of the light emitting apparatus. The recognition apparatus recognizes the light emitting apparatus on the basis of the light appearing in the image captured by the image capturing apparatus. The electromagnetic wave emitting element emits an electromagnetic wave from the image capturing apparatus or a vicinity of the image capturing apparatus. The electromagnetic wave receiving element receives the electromagnetic wave emitted by the electromagnetic wave emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Daisuke Matsumoto, Shingo Uchihashi, Atsushi Ito, Kazutoshi Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20230142144
    Abstract: A liquid droplet discharge apparatus includes: a metallic discharge head configured to discharge a liquid droplet onto a print medium; an electrode arranged facing the discharge head; a voltage source configured to generate a potential difference between the discharge head and the electrode; a current detection part configured to detect a current flowing between the discharge head and the electrode; and a controller. The controller is configured to calculate a volume of the liquid droplet based on a current value detected by the current detection part, in a case that the liquid droplet is discharged from the discharge head in a state that the potential difference is generated between the discharge head and the electrode by the voltage source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: HARUHISA TAKAYAMA, ATSUSHI ITO, YUYA KATO
  • Patent number: 11641492
    Abstract: Provided are an image processing apparatus and an image processing method that process a far-infrared image. The image processing apparatus includes a region extraction section, a modal transformation section, and a superimposition section. The region extraction section extracts a region of interest within a visible-light image captured by a visible-light camera. The modal transformation section receives an image of the region of interest within an infrared image captured by an infrared camera observing the same subject as the visible-light camera, and transforms the received image to a modal image. The superimposition section generates a presentation image by superimposing the modal image on the region of interest within the visible-light image. The modal transformation section transforms a far-infrared image of the region of interest to a modal image including an information modal familiar to humans by using, for example, a database and a conditional probability distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuta Satoh, Suguru Aoki, Atsushi Ito, Takeshi Uemori, Hideki Oyaizu
  • Patent number: 11614799
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a processor configured to: obtain detection information from a detector that detects a user; obtain a movement mode of the user based on the detection information; estimate a being time during, which the user is in a predetermined viewing area of a display apparatus based on the movement mode; and control display of video data displayed on the display apparatus so that a playback time of the video data becomes less than or equal to the being time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Atsushi Ito
  • Publication number: 20230082316
    Abstract: A printing apparatus, including a discharging head, a relative movable assembly to move a printable medium and the discharging head relatively, and a lighting unit including a plurality of light sources to emit light for curing the ink, is provided. A part of the plurality of light sources is arranged in a first lighting area, and another part of the plurality of light sources is arranged in a second lighting area. A quantity of the light sources per unit area in the second lighting area is smaller than a quantity of the light sources per unit area in the first lighting area. A direct distance from the discharging head to the second lighting area in a direction parallel to the predetermined direction is shorter than a direct distance from the discharging head to the first lighting area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro NODA, Atsushi ITO
  • Patent number: 11597896
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cleaning liquid containing a component (A): a compound represented by the following formula (1), component (B): alkylamine, component (C): polycarboxylic acid, and component (D): ascorbic acid, in which a mass ratio of the component (A) to a total mass of the component (B) and the component (C) is 1 to 15, and in the formula (1), R1, R2, and R3 each have a definition same as the definition described in the description,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Shibata, Yasuhiro Kawase, Ken Harada, Atsushi Ito, Tomohiro Kusano, Yutaro Takeshita
  • Publication number: 20230059061
    Abstract: To provide a technology that is noninvasive but can acquire information with high accuracy with a simple configuration. Provided is a biological information acquisition device including a measurement unit that measures a radiation spectrum emitted from a measurement part, and an information processing unit that acquires biological information on the basis of a plurality of measurement results obtained from the measurement unit. Furthermore, also provided is a biological information acquisition system including a measurement apparatus that measures a radiation spectrum emitted from a measurement part, and an information processing apparatus that acquires biological information on the basis of a plurality of measurement results obtained from the measurement apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventor: ATSUSHI ITO
  • Publication number: 20230030087
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to accept specification of at least one piece of document data and specification of a specific attribute of chart data and to present chart data that is contained in the at least one piece of document data and that has the specific attribute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Atsushi ITO
  • Publication number: 20230025299
    Abstract: An image-based acceptance learning device (2) learns a result of determination as to whether a planar object (1) is acceptable or defective based on at least one of a three-dimensional shape or a color on a surface of the planar object (1). The device (2) includes a surface image receiver (3) to receive an inputted two-dimensional data being image data of the surface of the planar object (1), a determination information receiver (4) to receive an inputted determination information indicating the result of determination as to whether the planar object (1) corresponding to the two-dimensional data is acceptable or defective, and a learner (5) to learn, based on the two-dimensional data and the determination information, a relevant area (1R) including the three-dimensional shape or the color on the surface in the two-dimensional data. The relevant area is a basis for the determination information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Naoyuki TOKIDA, Atsushi ITO, Yoshihiro AMAMORI, Kosaku YAMAGATA, Kazuya MAKABE
  • Publication number: 20230010599
    Abstract: Provided is an imaging device (100) including: a line sensor or an area sensor (50) having an aspect ratio different from that of a scene; and an optical element (10) having a predetermined pattern and superimposed on the line sensor or the area sensor, wherein in the optical element, an autocorrelation function of the predetermined pattern including a plurality of basic patterns repeated while being periodically positionally displaced has a peak and side lobes, and the side lobes are constant or substantially constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ilya RESHETOUSKI, Atsushi ITO