Patents by Inventor Hirokazu Satou

Hirokazu Satou 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: 11900572
    Abstract: An object is to implement shading correction processing of some regions of interest (ROIs) cut from a captured image. A transmission device includes: a processing unit that performs shading correction processing on image data of a region of interest (ROI) in a captured image on a basis of coordinate information of the ROI; and a transmission unit that sends the image data of the ROI subjected to the shading correction processing as payload data and sends ROI information as embedded data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventor: Hirokazu Satou
  • Publication number: 20230126368
    Abstract: An object is to implement shading correction processing of some regions of interest (ROIs) cut from a captured image. A transmission device includes: a processing unit that performs shading correction processing on image data of a region of interest (ROI) in a captured image on a basis of coordinate information of the ROI; and a transmission unit that sends the image data of the ROI subjected to the shading correction processing as payload data and sends ROI information as embedded data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventor: Hirokazu Satou
  • Publication number: 20230129052
    Abstract: An object is to efficiently display pieces of image data of some regions of interest (ROI) cut from a captured image on a display device. A reception device includes: a reception unit that receives a transmission signal in which image data of a predetermined number of regions of interest (ROIs) cut from a predetermined captured image is included in payload data and ROI information corresponding to a predetermined number of the ROIs is included in embedded data; and a processing unit that is configured to perform restoration processing of restoring the image data of the ROI so as to be displayable on a predetermined display device on the basis of the ROI information extracted from the embedded data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventor: Hirokazu Satou
  • Patent number: 9391346
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a non-aqueous electrolyte additive that allows for improved safety and battery characteristics of a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and in greater detail, the present invention relates to a non-aqueous electrolyte additive that includes a phosphazene compound represented by the following general formula (1): (NPR2)n??(1) wherein each R independently represents fluorine or a secondary or tertiary branched alkoxy group substituted with fluorine, at least one of the Rs represents the secondary or tertiary branched alkoxy group substituted with fluorine, and n is from 3 to 14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignees: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masashi Otsuki, Hirokazu Satou, Shoichi Tsujioka, Aiichiro Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 9312567
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a non-aqueous electrolyte additive that allows for improved safety and battery characteristics of a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and in greater detail, the present invention relates to a non-aqueous electrolyte additive that includes at least one compound selected from a first compound group consisting of phosphazene compounds represented by the following general formula (1): (NPR2)n??(1) wherein each R independently represents fluorine or a substituent including an organic group substituted with fluorine, at least one of the Rs represents the substituent including an organic group substituted with fluorine, and n is from 3 to 14; and includes at least one compound selected from a second compound group consisting of borate represented by the following general formula (2), bis(oxalato)borate, difluoro(oxalato)borate, tris(oxalato)phosphate, difluoro(bisoxalato)phosphate, and tetrafluoro(oxalato)phosphate: wherein Aa+ represents a cation, and a repres
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignees: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masashi Otsuki, Hirokazu Satou, Shoichi Tsujioka, Aiichiro Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20140023934
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a non-aqueous electrolyte additive that allows for improved safety and battery characteristics of a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and in greater detail, the present invention relates to a non-aqueous electrolyte additive that includes at least one compound selected from a first compound group consisting of phosphazene compounds represented by the following general formula (1): (NPR2)n??(1) wherein each R independently represents fluorine or a substituent including an organic group substituted with fluorine, at least one of the Rs represents the substituent including an organic group substituted with fluorine, and n is from 3 to 14; and includes at least one compound selected from a second compound group consisting of borate represented by the following general formula (2), bis(oxalato)borate, difluoro(oxalato)borate, tris(oxalato)phosphate, difluoro(bisoxalato)phosphate, and tetrafluoro(oxalato)phosphate: wherein Aa+ represents a cation, and a repre
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicants: CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED, BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Otsuki, Hirokazu Satou, Shoichi Tsujioka, Aiichiro Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20140017573
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a non-aqueous electrolyte additive that allows for improved safety and battery characteristics of a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and in greater detail, the present invention relates to a non-aqueous electrolyte additive that includes a phosphazene compound represented by the following general formula (1): (NPR2)n ??(1) wherein each R independently represents fluorine or a secondary or tertiary branched alkoxy group substituted with fluorine, at least one of the Rs represents the secondary or tertiary branched alkoxy group substituted with fluorine, and n is from 3 to 14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicants: CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED, BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Otsuki, Hirokazu Satou, Shoichi Tsujioka, Aiichiro Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 7895828
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a structure of a liquid reducing agent injection nozzle in an exhaust emission purifying system arranged to inject and supply a liquid reducing agent into an exhaust flow passage so as to reduce and purify NOx in exhaust gas. A nozzle tip end portion of the liquid reducing agent injection nozzle which protrudes from a wall surface of an exhaust flow passage into the passage, is bent obliquely with respect to an exhaust flow direction, or nozzle holes of the nozzle tip end portion are formed so as to tilt in the exhaust flow direction with respect to a radial direction perpendicular to a center axis of the nozzle tip end portion or are unevenly distributed in the circumferential direction of the nozzle tip end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Nissan Diessel Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hirokazu Satou
  • Patent number: 7805930
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to defrost a reducing agent with cooling water of an engine and to prevent water scale from being deposited and accumulated on a cooling water pipe for circulating the cooling water. A frozen reducing agent is defrosted by being heated with cooling water of an engine. A cooling water pipe for guiding the cooling water to a reducing agent tank is provided with a cutoff valve. To defrost the reducing agent, the cutoff valve is opened. Even in the case where the reducing agent is not frozen, the cutoff valve is opened for a predetermined period after start of the cutoff valve to circulate the cooling water in the cooling water pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Nissan Diesel Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Satou, Mitsuhiro Nishina
  • Patent number: 7758826
    Abstract: Mounted on an upper surface of a container main body are a base of a water level indicator detecting a remaining amount of liquid reducing agent, a base of a densitometer detecting concentration of liquid reducing agent, a heat exchanger surrounding detectors of the water level indicator and the densitometer, and circulating engine coolant for heat exchange between liquid reducing agent and engine coolant, and a suction tube for sucking liquid reducing agent from a position adjacent to the bottom of container main body and between water level indicator and densitometer. A box-shaped protector surrounds the water level indicator, densitometer and suction tube which are located in a region adjacent to a lower portion of the heat exchanger. Heat from the heat exchanger is trapped in the protector to generate convection in that region, thereby unfreezing frozen liquid reducing agent around the water level indicator, densitometer and suction tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Nissan Diesel Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Satou, Hiroyuki Kurita, Hideki Matsunaga, Yasushi Osaku, Toshio Kondou, Kiyoshi Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20070199308
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to defrost a reducing agent with cooling water of an engine and to prevent water scale from being deposited and accumulated on a cooling water pipe for circulating the cooling water. A frozen reducing agent is defrosted by being heated with cooling water of an engine. A cooling water pipe for guiding the cooling water to a reducing agent tank is provided with a cutoff valve. To defrost the reducing agent, the cutoff valve is opened. Even in the case where the reducing agent is not frozen, the cutoff valve is opened for a predetermined period after start of the cutoff valve to circulate the cooling water in the cooling water pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: Nissan Diesel Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Satou, Mitsuhiro Nishina
  • Publication number: 20070193255
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a structure of a liquid reducing agent injection nozzle in an exhaust emission purifying system arranged to inject and supply a liquid reducing agent into an exhaust flow passage so as to reduce and purify NOx in exhaust gas. A nozzle tip end portion of the liquid reducing agent injection nozzle which protrudes from a wall surface of an exhaust flow passage into the passage, is bent obliquely with respect to an exhaust flow direction, or nozzle holes of the nozzle tip end portion are formed so as to tilt in the exhaust flow direction with respect to a radial direction perpendicular to a center axis of the nozzle tip end portion or are unevenly distributed in the circumferential direction of the nozzle tip end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventor: Hirokazu Satou
  • Publication number: 20070059222
    Abstract: Mounted on an upper surface of a container main body are a base of a water level indicator detecting a remaining amount of liquid reducing agent, a base of a densitometer detecting concentration of liquid reducing agent, a heat exchanger surrounding detectors of the water level indicator and the densitometer, and circulating engine coolant for heat exchange between liquid reducing agent and engine coolant, and a suction tube for sucking liquid reducing agent from a position adjacent to the bottom of container main body and between water level indicator and densitometer. A box-shaped protector surrounds the water level indicator, densitometer and suction tube which are located in a region adjacent to a lower portion of the heat exchanger. Heat from the heat exchanger is trapped in the protector to generate convection in that region, thereby unfreezing frozen liquid reducing agent around the water level indicator, densitometer and suction tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventors: Hirokazu Satou, Hiroyuki Kurita, Hideki Matsunaga, Yasushi Osaku, Toshio Kondou, Kiyoshi Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20060233689
    Abstract: In an exhaust emission purifying apparatus for an engine provided with: a NOx reduction catalytic converter disposed in an engine exhaust pipe, for reductively purifying NOx with ammonia produced by the urea aqueous solution; and an injection nozzle injection-supplying the urea aqueous solution into the exhaust gas at an upstream position of the NOx reduction catalytic converter, a hydrolytic catalyst that accelerates the hydrolysis reaction by which ammonia is produced by the urea aqueous solution, is applied to at least one of an inner passage of the injection nozzle, the exhaust pipe positioned between the injection nozzle and the NOx reduction catalytic converter, and a diffuser panel diffusing the exhaust gas between the injection nozzle and the reduction catalytic converter, and then, the hydrolysis reaction of the urea aqueous solution being in contact with the hydrolytic catalyst is accelerated, to thereby suppress the deposition of urea in the exhaust pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Kiminobu Hirata, Hirokazu Satou