Patents by Inventor Atsushi Sakamoto

Atsushi Sakamoto 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: 11983896
    Abstract: Provided is a line-of-sight detection apparatus that outputs reliability of an estimation result of a line of sight when an eye to be a line-of-sight detection target is switched. The line-of-sight detection apparatus includes: an estimation target selection unit configured to select an eye of a line-of-sight detection target person as one of switchable line-of-sight detection modes; a line-of-sight estimation unit configured to estimate a line of sight of the line-of-sight detection target person in the line-of-sight detection mode; a reliability determination unit configured to determine, based on a first line of sight before the mode is switched and a second line of sight after the mode is switched, reliability of the second line of sight; and a line-of-sight direction output unit configured to output information on the second line of sight and the reliability of the second line of sight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Matsumoto, Hirotaka Sakamoto, Shusaku Takamoto
  • Patent number: 11977940
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a memory card including a first surface, a second surface, and 1st to Nth terminal groups. The first surface includes first to Nth rows, where N is an integer of two or greater. The second surface faces the opposite side from the first surface. The 1st to Nth terminal groups are placed in the first to Nth rows. The 1st terminal group includes terminals to which differential clock signals are assigned, terminals to which single-ended signals are assigned, and a terminal to which a first power supply voltage is assigned. Kth terminal group, where K is an integer no smaller than two and no greater than N, includes terminals to which differential data signals are assigned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Akihisa Fujimoto, Toshitada Saito, Noriya Sakamoto, Atsushi Kondo
  • Publication number: 20240082732
    Abstract: Movement control of a player character in a field in a virtual space is performed based on a user's operation input. At least one first type of object is disposed in the field. Lightness for the first type of object is set such that the first type of object is visually recognized even when the field is dark. When the player character satisfies a first condition at a location where one of the at least one first type of object is disposed, lighting is set in the virtual space such that a range in the field including the location is lighter than before the first condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Shinichiro BIWASAKA, Atsushi ASAKURA, Naoya YAMAMOTO, Tadashi SAKAMOTO, Corey Michael BUNNELL, Yuya SATO
  • Patent number: 11814521
    Abstract: A thermally conductive polysiloxane composition comprising: (A) a thermally conductive filler; (B) a polyorganosiloxane resin having a curable functional group in the polysiloxane molecule, the polyorganosiloxane resin comprising at least one polysiloxane (b1) having one curable functional group in the molecule thereof; (C) a siloxane compound having an alkoxysilyl group and a linear siloxane structure; (D) a hydrogenpolyorganosiloxane; and (E) a platinum catalyst, wherein the content of the polysiloxane (b1) having one curable functional group in the molecule thereof in the polyorganosiloxane resin (B) is more than 80% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS JAPAN LLC
    Inventors: Atsushi Sakamoto, Isao Iida
  • Publication number: 20230330866
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (30) includes: an operation control unit (321) that operates at least one of a first finger and a second finger to change contact positions with a target object in a state where the first finger and the second finger grip the target object; and an estimation unit (322) that estimates a shape of the target object on a basis of a relationship between the contact positions and postures of the first finger and the second finger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: TAKARA KASAI, TOSHIMITSU TSUBOI, SATOKO NAGAKARI, HIROYUKI SUZUKI, TAKUYA KOMAMI, TOMOHARU HARAGUCHI, ATSUSHI SAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11767545
    Abstract: A microorganism having at least one SPX gene encoding SPX protein responsive to phosphorus deficiency, and characterized in that a function of the SPX protein is decreased or lost by introducing gene mutation into the SPX gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignees: HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY, TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Sakamoto, Kumiko Okazaki, Takashi Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Ohta, Koichi Hori, Shinsuke Shimizu, Akihide Takami, Seiji Nomura, Fumihiko Saito
  • Publication number: 20220355480
    Abstract: A control device (10) includes: an acquisition unit (12) that acquires outside-world information (11B) around a mobile body (100); and a control unit (13) that performs control to switch characteristics of a contact portion (130) capable of switching characteristics of a portion where a leg portion of the mobile body (100) comes into contact with an external environment on the basis of the outside-world information (11B) such that a contact sound between the contact portion (130) and the external environment changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: SATOKO NAGAKARI, YASUHISA KAMIKAWA, WATARU KOKUBO, ATSUSHI SAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11454836
    Abstract: A laser processing apparatus disclosed in the present application includes: an optical deflection unit capable of changing a deflection direction of and outgoing energy of an incoming laser pulse by changes of a frequency of and an amplitude of a driving signal to be supplied; and a control unit configured to supply driving signals with amplitudes corresponding to respective frequencies. In a laser processing apparatus configured to process a workpiece by leading outgoing laser pulse of the optical deflection unit to the workpiece and irradiating the workpiece with the laser pulse, as the amplitude corresponding to each of the frequencies, the control unit supplies an amplitude having the ratio that is close to the lowest ratio among ratios of the outgoing energy with respect to the incoming energy of the laser pulse at an amplitude having the largest outgoing energy of the optical deflection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: VIA MECHANICS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Matsumoto, Kazuo Watanabe, Atsushi Sakamoto, Masanori Sato, Mitsuru Kato, Masaru Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20220267533
    Abstract: A thermally conductive polysiloxane composition includes (A) a thermally conductive filler and (B) one or more compounds selected from an alkoxysilyl group-containing compound and a dimethylpolysiloxane, wherein: component (A) includes (A-1) round, indefinite-shaped or polyhedral aluminum nitride particles having an average particle diameter of from 50 ?m to 150 ?m and (A-2) round, indefinite-shaped or polyhedral aluminum nitride particles having an average particle diameter of 10 ?m or more but less than 50 ?m in an amount of from 20% by mass to 100% by mass relative to the total amount of component (A); and the content ratio of component (A-1) to component (A-2) is from 50:50 to 95:5 on a mass basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS JAPAN LLC
    Inventors: Atsushi SAKAMOTO, Sean CONTE
  • Patent number: 11407120
    Abstract: To provide a control device and a control method enabled to more simply execute initialization of a force sensor included in a legged walking robot. Provided is a control device including: a leg control unit that controls at least one or more legs of a legged walking robot including a plurality of legs, and stores a force sensor provided in each of the legs in a predetermined space in which the force sensor provided in each of the legs is in a non-contact state; and an initialization execution unit that performs initialization of the force sensor provided in each of the legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Sakamoto, Yasunori Kawanami, Masaya Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 11359124
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermally conductive polysiloxane composition comprising: (A) a thermally conductive filler, (B) a siloxane compound having a specified structure; (C) an alkoxysilane compound having a specified structure; (D) a polyorganosiloxane containing at least one aliphatic unsaturated group per molecule; (E) a polyorganohydrogensiloxane having two or more hydrogen atoms bonded to silicon atoms per molecule; and (F) a platinum-based catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS JAPAN LLC
    Inventors: Kenji Takenaka, Atsushi Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20220092628
    Abstract: The device according to the present invention comprises: a means for acquiring first stay duration for which a user has stayed in a first predetermined area of a plurality of predetermined areas; a point calculation means for calculating points to be given to the user based at least on the first stay duration; and a means for giving the calculated points to the user. According to one embodiment, the device according to the present invention further comprises: a means for managing a total of the first stay duration within a predetermined period; and a means for specifying a first point giving rate based at least on the total of the first stay duration within the predetermined period, where the point calculation means calculates the points to be given to the user based at least on the first stay duration and the first point giving rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Ryuichi MORISHITA, Toshihiro TAKAFUKU, Atsushi SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220017165
    Abstract: A robot leg structure includes: a link 500 extending downward from a leg joint; a ground contact portion 600 that comes in contact with a ground, a leaf spring 300 that couples the link 500 and the ground contact portion 600 to each other; and a damping member 400 arranged to be adjacent to the leaf spring 300 and configured to couple the link 500 and the ground contact portion 600 to each other. With this configuration, the damping member 400 damps the vibration attributed to the leaf spring 300, making it possible to reliably stabilize the motion of the legs of a robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: YASUHISA KAMIKAWA, KAZUO HONGO, ATSUSHI SAKAMOTO, YOSHIKAZU FURUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210317482
    Abstract: A microorganism having at least one SPX gene encoding SPX protein responsive to phosphorus deficiency, and characterized in that a function of the SPX protein is decreased or lost by introducing gene mutation into the SPX gene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicants: HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY, TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi SAKAMOTO, Kumiko OKAZAKI, Takashi YAMAMOTO, Hiroyuki OHTA, Koichi HORI, Shinsuke SHIMIZU, Akihide TAKAMI, Seiji NOMURA, Fumihiko SAITO
  • Publication number: 20210317313
    Abstract: A thermally conductive polysiloxane composition comprising: (A) a thermally conductive filler; (B) a polyorganosiloxane resin having a curable functional group in the polysiloxane molecule, the polyorganosiloxane resin comprising at least one polysiloxane (b1) having one curable functional group in the molecule thereof; (C) a siloxane compound having an alkoxysilyl group and a linear siloxane structure; (D) a hydrogenpolyorganosiloxane; and (E) a platinum catalyst, wherein the content of the polysiloxane (b1) having one curable functional group in the molecule thereof in the polyorganosiloxane resin (B) is more than 80% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS JAPAN LLC
    Inventors: Atsushi SAKAMOTO, Isao IIDA
  • Patent number: 11142644
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermally conductive polysiloxane composition that provides a cured product having excellent tackiness and flexibility in which the composition contains (A) a thermally conductive filler, (B) a siloxane compound having an alkoxysilyl group and a linear siloxane structure, (C) a polyorganosiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups bonded to silicon atoms per molecule, (D1) a linear polyorganohydrogensiloxane represented by the general formula (4), (D2) a polyorganohydrogensiloxane having per molecule at least three units represented by the general formula (5), and (E) a platinum catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS JAPAN LLC
    Inventors: Daigo Hirakawa, Masanori Takanashi, Atsushi Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20210245647
    Abstract: A robot (1) includes: a main body (10) including a hollow portion (110) that is a hollow space penetrating the main body (10) in an up-down direction, the main body (10) being configured to lift and support a support object (30) inserted in the hollow portion (110) by moving in the up-down direction; and a movable member (200) configured to move the main body (10) at least in the up-down direction by operating a leg (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: TAKASHI KITO, YUKI ITOTANI, KOJI NAKANISHI, TAKARA KASAI, KAZUO HONGO, YASUHISA KAMIKAWA, ATSUSHI SAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11024109
    Abstract: A valuable medium processing apparatus that includes a mounting section which is set to either a first state in which a storage unit that stores a valuable medium is not mounted or a second state in which the storage unit is mounted, and a control section that performs, based on selection of the mounting section, a switching process between the first state and the second state of the selected mounting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Glory Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeo Mutou, Ryuji Kataoka, Atsushi Sakamoto, Mitsushi Nagao
  • Publication number: 20210130615
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermally conductive polysiloxane composition that provides a cured product having excellent tackiness and flexibility in which the composition contains (A) a thermally conductive filler, (B) a siloxane compound having an alkoxysilyl group and a linear siloxane structure, (C) a polyorganosiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups bonded to silicon atoms per molecule, (D1) a linear polyorganohydrogensiloxane represented by the general formula (4), (D2) a polyorganohydrogensiloxane having per molecule at least three units represented by the general formula (5), and (E) a platinum catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS JAPAN LLC
    Inventors: Daigo HIRAKAWA, Masanori TAKANASHI, Atsushi SAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10935425
    Abstract: A spectroscopic detector includes a lamp house, a sample cell, an optical sensor, a heater, a cooling fan, a temperature sensor, and a control device. The heater heats the lamp house while being directly or indirectly in contact with the lamp house containing a light source. The cooling fan is for cooling the lamp house. The temperature sensor is for detecting a temperature of the lamp house. The control device is configured to control operations of the light source, the heater, and the cooling fan. The control device includes a temperature control part configured to maintain a temperature of the lamp house while the light source is lit at a set temperature by controlling at least output of the heater based on a detection signal of the temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Watanabe, Takuya Yonekura, Hiroyuki Togo, Shinji Tsuji, Yugo Ishihara, Atsushi Sakamoto