Patents by Inventor Daisuke Sato

Daisuke Sato 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: 20200161828
    Abstract: A light emitting module includes a light emitting device, a heat dissipating plate, and a holder. The light emitting device has a light extraction window and a plurality of electrodes. The light emitting device is secured to the heat dissipating plate. The heat dissipating plate is secured to the holder. The holder includes a plurality of terminals respectively connected to the electrodes of the light emitting device. The heat dissipating plate includes an exposed portion exposed from the holder when viewed from a side of the light emitting module on which the light extraction window of the light emitting device is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Tomohiko HATANO, Daisuke SATO
  • Publication number: 20200140720
    Abstract: A method for curing an adhesive composition includes: arranging an adhesive composition that transmits laser light of a first wavelength in contact with a surface of a first adherend that contains, at least at its surface, a first light-to-heat conversion material that generates heat by absorbing laser light of the first wavelength; and curing the adhesive composition by irradiating the adhesive composition and the first adherend with laser light of the first wavelength. In a method for manufacturing a bonded structure, a first bonded structure is manufactured by bonding the adhesive composition to the first adherend by using the method for curing an adhesive composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Takekazu KOMORI, Daisuke SATO, Kyoji KITAMURA, Yosuke TATSUNO, Yuki HOGA
  • Patent number: 10638998
    Abstract: An X-ray diagnostic apparatus comprises an X-ray tube and processing circuitry. The X-ray tube includes a rotary anode. The processing circuitry is configured to derive an acquiring condition from a fluoroscopic image, and start to increase, in accordance with the acquiring condition derived, a rotating speed of the anode from a low rotating speed to a high rotating speed before the X-ray tube finishes emitting an X-ray to acquire the fluoroscopic image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Totsuka, Masaharu Soya, Katsuo Takahashi, Kansei Takahashi, Akira Mochiduki, Katsunori Kojima, Daisuke Sato, Hisayuki Uehara, Hiroyoshi Kobayashi, Akio Tetsuka
  • Patent number: 10641155
    Abstract: A regeneration control device for an exhaust gas treatment device includes: a DOC blockage risk state determination part configured to determine whether the DOC is in a blockage risk state which is a state where blockage of the DOC is likely to occur, on the basis of comparison between a counter value and a threshold related to an operation time of the diesel engine; a DOC temperature increase execution part configured to execute a blockage recovery process for increasing a temperature of the DOC to a first temperature, if it is determined that the DOC is in the blockage risk state; a DPF forced regeneration condition determination part configured to determine whether a forced regeneration execution condition for the DPF is satisfied; a DPF forced regeneration execution part configured to execute a forced regeneration process for increasing a temperature of the DPF to a second temperature and increasing the temperature of the DOC to the first temperature, if the forced regeneration execution condition is sati
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuki Nishizawa, Tomohide Yamada, Daisuke Sato, Hiroyuki Ito
  • Patent number: 10615728
    Abstract: In a motor control device, a two-phase/three-phase converter is configured to convert a d-axis voltage instruction and a q-axis voltage instruction into voltage instructions in UVW phases. A PWM circuit is configured to generate drive pulse signals having undergone power width modulation, in accordance with the voltage instructions. An inverter is configured to generate drive voltages for driving coils based on the drive pulse signals. A position detector is configured to detect a rotational position. A rotational speed calculator is configured to calculate a rotational speed. A current detector is configured to detect drive currents flowing into the coils. A three-phase/two-phase converter is configured to convert detected drive current values into a d-axis current value and a q-axis current value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Daisuke Sato
  • Patent number: 10605614
    Abstract: A method for generating route network data for movement includes calculating a movable area in a place for a target type of movement using a space model of the place and an object model for the target type. The method also includes building network structure for route network data of the place using the movable area for the target type, in which the network structure includes a plurality of nodes and a plurality of links representing routes within the place. The method further includes updating the network structure by shifting a node to orient a link connected to the node toward any one of predetermined directions under a condition relating to an initial position of the node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ishihara, Masayuki Murata, Daisuke Sato
  • Patent number: 10602619
    Abstract: An anisotropic conductive connection structure body includes: a first electrode terminal on a surface of which a protruding portion is formed; a second electrode terminal; and an anisotropic conductive adhesive layer containing electrically conductive particles that provide conduction between the first electrode terminal and the second electrode terminal. A ratio of a height of the protruding portion to a before-compression particle size of the electrically conductive particle is less than 60%, an opening area ratio of the first electrode terminal is more than or equal to 55%, and a height of the second electrode terminal is more than or equal to 6 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Sato, Akifumi Higuchi
  • Patent number: 10581220
    Abstract: A light emitting module includes a light emitting device including first to sixth electrodes and a holder including first to sixth terminals. An insulator body of the holder at least partially surrounds the light emitting device in a plan view with the light emitting device being interposed between a first inner edge and a second inner edge of the insulator body, and a third inner edge linking the first and second inner edges. The first terminal projects from a third inner edge and is connected to the first electrode. The second and third terminals project from the first inner edge and are connected to the second and third electrodes, respectively. The fourth terminal projects from the third inner edge and connected to the fourth electrode. The fifth and sixth terminals project from the second inner edge and are connected to the fifth and sixth electrodes, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiko Hatano, Daisuke Sato
  • Publication number: 20200048457
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition exhibiting good balance of mechanical properties, heat resistance, flowability, and size stability as well as excellent stability in retention in the molding, appearance of the molded article, and coating properties, and also, a molded article thereof are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Ueda, Masanori Kobayashi, Daisuke Sato, Taro Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20200052618
    Abstract: A brushless motor control apparatus includes an inverter circuit that applies a drive voltage to a winding of each phase of a brushless motor, a rotor magnetic pole detector that outputs a magnetic pole detection signal corresponding to a rotor position of the brushless motor based on a change of a magnetic pole detected by a Hall sensor, a rotor position estimator that outputs, each time a level of the magnetic pole detection signal is switched, an estimated rotor position signal that indicates an estimated rotor position with an electrical angle and indicates a predetermined electrical angle corresponding to the level after switching, a current detector that detects a current supplied to the inverter circuit as a power source current value, and an electrical angle correction unit that corrects the estimated rotor position signal by determining an electrical angle offset based on fluctuation in the power source current value and adding the electrical angle offset to the electrical angle indicated by the esti
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventor: DAISUKE SATO
  • Publication number: 20190394361
    Abstract: A camera captures and records a moving image. The camera transmits, to a server, still images extracted at first time intervals from the moving image. The server transmits the still images to an administrator terminal. The administrator terminal accepts input for designating the still image. The server transmits an information item for specifying the designated still image to the camera. The camera transmits, to the server, the moving image having a predetermined duration preceding and including the designated still image, or a plurality of the still images extracted at second time intervals each shorter than the predetermined duration from the moving image having the predetermined duration. The server transmits, to the administrator terminal, the moving image having the predetermined duration, or the plurality of the still images extracted at the second time intervals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicants: Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd, CREW SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Takayasu ISHIDA, Daisuke SATO
  • Patent number: 10495271
    Abstract: A method for detecting abnormality in a light emitting device including a semiconductor laser element that is pulse-driven by pulse-control to emit excitation light, a wavelength conversion member including a phosphor and that emits fluorescent light by being irradiated with the excitation light, and a light receiving element disposed on a light extraction side of the wavelength conversion member and that detects the excitation light, the method includes: pulse-controlling an applied voltage with a pulse width shorter than a time from a start of voltage application until an optical intensity of light extracted from the wavelength conversion member reaches a maximum intensity, thereby pulse-driving the semiconductor laser element to achieve laser oscillation; measuring an optical intensity of the excitation light, or optical intensities of both the excitation light and the fluorescent light; and determining whether or not the optical intensity or the optical intensities falls within a prescribed range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daisuke Sato
  • Publication number: 20190358811
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a processor that is configured to control a robot including an arm and a force detector detecting a force applied to the arm, wherein the processor is configured to control the arm in a first control mode in which the arm is moved in a first direction when a direction of a force detected by the force detector is the first direction and a second control mode in which the arm is moved in a second direction different from the first direction when the direction of the force detected by the force detector is the first direction in teaching of the robot, and select the first control mode or the second control mode according to input by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Daisuke SATO, Yukihiro UNNO
  • Patent number: 10483422
    Abstract: Provided is a photovoltaic device prepared with a semiconductor including a localized level or an intermediate band in a forbidden band and capable of improving the performance than before. The photovoltaic device includes a plurality of first layers made of a first semiconducting material and a plurality of second layers made of a second semiconducting material that is different from the first semiconducting material, wherein the second semiconducting material includes a localized level or intermediate band in a forbidden band, the first layers and the second layers are alternately laminated one by one, at least two of the second layers are each disposed between a pair of the first layers, and a thickness of each of the second layers is thinner than a thickness of four molecular layers of the first semiconducting material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION SAITAMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Daisuke Sato, Hiroyuki Yaguchi, Shuhei Yagi
  • Patent number: 10476274
    Abstract: A solar power generation system includes a solar module, a power converter, and a control device. The power converter is configured to control an output voltage of the solar module such that the output voltage matches a target output voltage. The control device is configured to determine a lower limit value of the target output voltage based on the following general formula. V TL ? ( I rr , T ) = V OC ? ( I rr , T ) · n - 1 n - V BD ? ( T ) - ? ( 1 ) In the general formula, Irr denotes a used light intensity, and T denotes a temperature. VTL(Irr, T) denotes the lower limit value of the target output voltage. VOC(Irr, T) denotes an open-circuit voltage of the solar module. The number of the solar cells connected in series is denoted by n. VBD(T) denotes a positive value of a reverse breakdown voltage of one solar cell. A tolerable error is denoted by ?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke Sato, Takahiro Hirano, Tatsuya Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20190273357
    Abstract: A light emitting module includes a light emitting device including first to sixth electrodes and a holder including first to sixth terminals. An insulator body of the holder at least partially surrounds the light emitting device in a plan view with the light emitting device being interposed between a first inner edge and a second inner edge of the insulator body, and a third inner edge linking the first and second inner edges. The first terminal projects from a third inner edge and is connected to the first electrode. The second and third terminals project from the first inner edge and are connected to the second and third electrodes, respectively. The fourth terminal projects from the third inner edge and connected to the fourth electrode. The fifth and sixth terminals project from the second inner edge and are connected to the fifth and sixth electrodes, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Tomohiko HATANO, Daisuke SATO
  • Publication number: 20190257032
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fine cellulose fiber sheet, of which various properties and functions such as paper making ability, solvent resistance, adhesion, functionalization agent immobilization, surface zeta potential, hydrophilicity, hydrophobicity, and air permeation resistance are finely controlled, through a process having low environmental impact. A fine cellulose fiber sheet according to the present invention fulfills all of the following requirements (1) to (3): (1) comprises fine cellulose fibers having an average fiber diameter of 2 nm or greater and 1000 nm or less; (2) the weight ratio of the fine cellulose fibers is 50 wt % or greater and 99 wt % or less; and (3) the block polyisocyanate aggregate content as a weight ratio is 1 to 100 wt % of the weight of the fine cellulose fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Fibers Corporation
    Inventors: Kazufumi KAWAHARA, Daisuke SATO, Hirofumi ONO, Yamato Saito
  • Patent number: 10351350
    Abstract: This table circulation guide device includes sliders and carriage attached to a table. In a working area, the table is guided by the sliders straddling straight track rails. In a non-working area, the table is guided by the carriages traveling on a curved track rail. An endless circulation circuit is formed by the straight track rails and the curved track rail. In the working area of the circuit, the table travels via the sliders straddling the straight track rails. In the non-working area of the circuit, the table travels via the carriages located between the sliders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON THOMPSON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuguyoshi Nara, Masashi Matsui, Daisuke Sato
  • Publication number: 20190195440
    Abstract: A method for detecting abnormality in a light emitting device including a semiconductor laser element that is pulse-driven by pulse-control to emit excitation light, a wavelength conversion member including a phosphor and that emits fluorescent light by being irradiated with the excitation light, and a light receiving element disposed on a light extraction side of the wavelength conversion member and that detects the excitation light, the method includes: pulse-controlling an applied voltage with a pulse width shorter than a time from a start of voltage application until an optical intensity of light extracted from the wavelength conversion member reaches a maximum intensity, thereby pulse-driving the semiconductor laser element to achieve laser oscillation; measuring an optical intensity of the excitation light, or optical intensities of both the excitation light and the fluorescent light; and determining whether or not the optical intensity or the optical intensities falls within a prescribed range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventor: Daisuke SATO
  • Publication number: 20190185644
    Abstract: Provided is a rubber composition for tires having a styrene-butadiene rubber content of 35% by mass or more based on 100% by mass of the rubber component, the rubber composition containing: an aromatic vinyl-conjugated diene copolymer in the rubber component, the copolymer containing aromatic vinyl units and conjugated diene units; carbon black; and a silica having a N2SA of 40 m2/g or more, the copolymer containing at least 80% of isolated aromatic vinyl units based on the total aromatic vinyl units, the copolymer having a ?Tg of more than 10° C. but less than 20° C. as determined by DSC, the rubber component including, based on 100% by mass thereof, 1 to 90% by mass of the copolymer and 0 to 40% by mass of an isoprene-based rubber, the rubber composition containing 10 parts by mass or more of the silica per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenya WATANABE, Takahiro MABUCHI, Daisuke SATO