Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Masuda

Hiroyuki Masuda 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: 20200305047
    Abstract: A system that stores functional information indicating a capability of each of a plurality of elements located remotely from the system; identifies a function capable of being performed by linking a plurality of the elements based on the stored functional information; and transmits information corresponding to the identified function capable of being performed by linking the plurality of elements to a first device remote from the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takehiro HAGIWARA, Hiroyuki MASUDA, Genta KONDO, Hiromu TAKIZAWA
  • Patent number: 10728818
    Abstract: A system that stores functional information indicating a capability of each of a plurality of elements located remotely from the system; identifies a function capable of being performed by linking a plurality of the elements based on the stored functional information; and transmits information corresponding to the identified function capable of being performed by linking the plurality of elements to a first device remote from the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro Hagiwara, Hiroyuki Masuda, Genta Kondo, Hiromu Takizawa
  • Patent number: 10713395
    Abstract: A method of designing a furniture product includes displaying a first and a second part members on a screen such that a first face of the first part member and a second face of the second part member are in parallel; setting XY coordinate in which a corner of a rectangle of each face of the first and second part members is set as an origin, and two sides extending orthogonally from the corner are set as X axis and Y axis to designate a first position on the first face by the XY coordinate; perpendicularly projecting the first face of the first part member onto the second face of the second part member to calculate a position on the second face that corresponds to the first position and designating the calculated position on the second face as a second position by the XY coordinate on the second face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: DOMANS, INC.
    Inventors: Kenichi Ninomiya, Hiroyuki Masuda
  • Publication number: 20200167908
    Abstract: A determination device that determines quality of target portion based on sensor data obtained by a sensor measuring the target object, includes one or more processors configured to acquire sensor data representing the target portion, acquire information indicating a changed portion, determine whether the target portion includes the changed portion based on acquired information, determine a first label of the target portion represented in the sensor data by using a determination model learned from a training dataset based on training target portions, the first label representing target portion as one of good, defect, and a defect candidate, accept a second label of the target portion input via a user interface when the target portion includes the changed portion or when the first label of the target portion is determined as the defect candidate, and perform quality determination of the target portion based on the first label and/or the second label.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kimitake MIZOBE, Taro TANAKA, Natsumi MANO, Hiroyuki MASUDA
  • Publication number: 20200067259
    Abstract: A laser apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a laser output unit configured to perform laser oscillation; and a control unit configured to acquire first laser performance data obtained when the laser output unit performs laser oscillation based on a first laser control parameter, and second laser performance data obtained when the laser output unit performs laser oscillation based on a second laser control parameter, while laser output from the laser output unit to an external device is stopped, and determine whether the second laser performance data has been improved as compared to the first laser performance data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki MASUDA, Osamu WAKABAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10553314
    Abstract: A biological clock time calculating apparatus includes: a measuring portion which measures bio-information that changes on a daily basis; and an arithmetic processing portion which calculates biological clock time based on a measurement result of the measuring portion. A biological clock time calculating method may be configured to include: measuring bio-information which changes on a daily basis; and calculating biological clock time based on the measurement result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Ikeda, Sakiko Shimizu, Ayae Sawado, Hiroyuki Masuda
  • Publication number: 20200022051
    Abstract: A system that stores functional information indicating a capability of each of a plurality of elements located remotely from the system; identifies a function capable of being performed by linking a plurality of the elements based on the stored functional information; and transmits information corresponding to the identified function capable of being performed by linking the plurality of elements to a first device remote from the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takehiro HAGIWARA, Hiroyuki MASUDA, Genta KONDO, Hiromu TAKIZAWA
  • Patent number: 10448299
    Abstract: A system that stores functional information indicating a capability of each of a plurality of elements located remotely from the system; identities a function capable of being performed by linking a plurality of the elements based on the stored functional information; and transmits information corresponding to the identified function capable of being performed by linking the plurality of elements to a first device remote from the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takehiro Hagiwara, Hiroyuki Masuda, Genta Kondo, Hiromu Takizawa
  • Patent number: 10444200
    Abstract: An image generation apparatus including a computation processing section that generates an ultrasonic image from a received signal associated with each scanning of an object in which an ultrasonic wave is transmitted and received is provided. The computation processing section sets, for each scanning, a selection range over which the received signal is received and which includes the direction of the scanning, calculates weights used in a beamforming process based on the received signals within the selection range, and carries out the beamforming process based on the weights to generate an image associated with the scanning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Masuda
  • Publication number: 20190173259
    Abstract: A laser apparatus includes a chamber accommodating a pair of discharge electrodes, a gas supply and exhaust device configured to supply laser gas to an interior of the chamber and exhaust laser gas from the interior of the chamber, and a controller. The controller performs first control to control the gas supply and exhaust device so as to suspend laser oscillation and replace laser gas in the chamber at every first number of pulses or first elapsed time, and second control to control the gas supply and exhaust device so as to suspend laser oscillation and replace laser gas in the chamber before the first control at every second number of pulses less than the first number of pulses or second elapsed time less than the first elapsed time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi ASAYAMA, Hiroyuki MASUDA
  • Publication number: 20190081451
    Abstract: There may be provided a laser unit including a display configured to display one or both of electric power consumed by the laser unit and electric energy consumed by the laser unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: GIGAPHOTON INC.
    Inventors: Akihiko KUROSU, Takashi MATSUNAGA, Hiroyuki MASUDA, Osamu WAKABAYASHI, Hiroaki TSUSHIMA, Masanori YASHIRO, Takeshi OHTA
  • Publication number: 20190075500
    Abstract: A system that stores functional information indicating a capability of each of a plurality of elements located remotely from the system; identities a function capable of being performed by linking a plurality of the elements based on the stored functional information; and transmits information corresponding to the identified function capable of being performed by linking the plurality of elements to a first device remote from the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: SonyCorporation
    Inventors: TAKEHIRO HAGIWARA, Hiroyuki MASUDA, Genta KONDO, Hiromu TAKIZAWA
  • Patent number: 10197670
    Abstract: An ultrasonic measurement apparatus includes a transmission processing unit that performs processing for transmitting an ultrasonic wave at a given transmission angle, a reception processing unit that performs reception processing of an ultrasonic echo with respect to a transmitted ultrasonic wave, and a processing unit that performs processing with respect to a reception signal from the reception processing unit. The processing unit obtains a plurality of first resolution signals by synthesizing a plurality of the reception signals based on a first beamforming coefficient, and obtains a second beamforming coefficient for synthesizing a second resolution signal from the plurality of first resolution signals based on whether a signal processing target point belongs to a plane wave propagation region or belongs to a spherical wave propagation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Masuda
  • Patent number: 10164396
    Abstract: There may be provided a laser unit including a display configured to display one or both of electric power consumed by the laser unit and electric energy consumed by the laser unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiko Kurosu, Takashi Matsunaga, Hiroyuki Masuda, Osamu Wakabayashi, Hiroaki Tsushima, Masanori Yashiro, Takeshi Ohta
  • Patent number: 10142901
    Abstract: A system that stores functional information indicating a capability of each of a plurality of elements located remotely from the system; identifies a function capable of being performed by linking a plurality of the elements based on the stored functional information; and transmits information corresponding to the identified function capable of being performed by linking the plurality of elements to a first device remote from the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takehiro Hagiwara, Hiroyuki Masuda, Genta Kondo, Hiromu Takizawa
  • Patent number: 10121191
    Abstract: A method for designing and customizing a furniture product on a screen of a computer comprising displaying a plurality of rectangular parallelepiped spaces as a plurality of part member spaces on a screen, assembling the plurality of part member spaces on the screen such that the plurality of the part member spaces form a furniture product, providing a part member face-correlation between a face of the first part member space and a face of the second part member space that is in parallel with the face of the first part member space, moving the face of the first part member space by a predetermined distances in a perpendicular direction to the face, and displaying a three-dimensional image of the furniture product on the screen after the alteration of dimensions of the part member spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Domans, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenichi Ninomiya, Hiroyuki Masuda
  • Publication number: 20180295550
    Abstract: A system that stores functional information indicating a capability of each of a plurality of elements located remotely from the system; identifies a function capable of being performed by linking a plurality of the elements based on the stored functional information; and transmits information corresponding to the identified function capable of being performed by linking the plurality of elements to a first device remote from the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro HAGIWARA, Hiroyuki MASUDA, Genta KONDO, Hiromu TAKIZAWA
  • Patent number: 10055841
    Abstract: A signal synthesizing unit performs aperture synthesis of output signals from conversion element groups which are arranged in a matrix and convert ultrasonic waves into electric signals, and sequentially outputs a first image signal, for every transmission of the ultrasonic waves. A signal addition unit adds the first image signals output from the signal synthesizing unit together for each group so as to output a second image signal. An adaptive signal processing unit calculates an adaptive weight on the basis of the second image signal, and synthesizes the second image signals with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Masuda
  • Patent number: 10031226
    Abstract: An ultrasonic measurement apparatus includes a transmission processing unit that performs processing for transmitting an ultrasonic wave at a given transmission angle, a reception processing unit that performs reception processing of an ultrasonic echo with respect to the transmitted ultrasonic wave in first to Nth (N is an integer equal to or greater than 2) ultrasonic transducers; and a processing unit that performs processing with respect to first to Nth reception signals corresponding to the first to Nth ultrasonic transducers. The processing unit performs first phasing processing when a signal processing target point exists in a plane wave propagation region, and performs second phasing processing when the signal processing target point exists in a spherical wave propagation region, as phasing processing with respect to each of the reception signals of the first to Nth reception signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Masuda
  • Patent number: D837352
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Yamamoto, Tomoki Hayashi, Hiroyuki Masuda