Patents by Inventor Kazunori Sato
Kazunori 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).
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Publication number: 20240137694Abstract: Provided is an acoustic system for a user who uses a seat of an aircraft, an automobile, or the like, which reproduces a sound that cannot be heard by surrounding users without using earphones or headphones.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2021Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro FUKUI, Kazunori KOBAYASHI, Noriyoshi KAMADO, Ryotaro SATO
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Publication number: 20240129664Abstract: Provided is an acoustic system for a user who uses a seat of an aircraft, an automobile, or the like, which reproduces a sound that cannot be heard by surrounding users without using earphones or headphones.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2021Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro FUKUI, Kazunori KOBAYASHI, Noriyoshi KAMADO, Ryotaro SATO
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Publication number: 20240129663Abstract: There is provided an acoustic system for a user who uses a seat of an airplane, an automobile, or the like, which reproduces a sound that cannot be heard by surrounding users without using earphones or headphones. An acoustic system including a speaker system including one speaker unit that emits a sound based on an acoustic signal of a predetermined sound source, in which a sound emitted from the speaker unit is hearable in a region to be audible near the speaker unit, and by a sound emitted from the speaker unit in a back surface direction coming around to a front surface direction, the sound emitted from the speaker unit in the front surface direction and the sound emitted from the speaker unit in the back surface direction cancel each other in a region in the front surface direction far from the speaker unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2021Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro FUKUI, Kazunori KOBAYASHI, Noriyoshi KAMADO, Ryotaro SATO
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Publication number: 20240111393Abstract: A vehicle state detection unit detects whether a vehicle including an information apparatus is in motion or stopped. A display control unit displays operation items related to various functions provided by the information apparatus on a display. A function execution unit executes a function corresponding to a selected operation item. An identification unit identifies the frequency of use of each operation item by classifying the items according to whether the vehicle is in motion or stopped. The display control unit further displays on a prescribed menu screen in which some of the operation items are aggregated. On the prescribed menu screen, when the vehicle is in motion, the operation item identified as having a high frequency of use when the vehicle is in motion is displayed, and when the vehicle is stopped, the operation item identified as having a high frequency of use when the vehicle is stopped is displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: Faurecia Clarion Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shingo TAKEI, Taishin KONISHI, Haruki ONO, Kazuya NINOMIYA, Kazunori SATO, Toshiyuki TAKATANI
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Patent number: 11940703Abstract: A liquid crystal display device with a high aperture ratio is provided. The display device includes a transistor, a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, a third insulating layer, a first conductive layer, a pixel electrode, a common electrode, and a liquid crystal layer in a pixel. The first insulating layer is positioned over a channel formation region of the transistor. The first conductive layer is positioned over the first insulating layer. The second insulating layer is positioned over the transistor, the first insulating layer, and the first conductive layer. The pixel electrode is positioned over the second insulating layer, the third insulating layer is positioned over the pixel electrode, the common electrode is positioned over the third insulating layer, and the liquid crystal layer is positioned over the common electrode. The common electrode includes a region overlapping with the first conductive layer with the pixel electrode positioned therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2023Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.Inventors: Kouhei Toyotaka, Kazunori Watanabe, Susumu Kawashima, Kei Takahashi, Koji Kusunoki, Masataka Nakada, Ami Sato
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Publication number: 20230367453Abstract: To improve user convenience when selecting items, an information processing device includes: a display control unit for controlling display of a menu screen containing at least one of a plurality of items for respectively instructing execution of a plurality of functions; an evaluation unit for evaluating use frequency of each of the plurality of functions within a first period; an alteration proposal unit that provides a proposal to an user regarding changing the appearance of some of the items on the menu screen based on the use frequency; and an alteration execution unit for executing the change in the case an instruction to accept the proposal is received from the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Kazuya NINOMIYA, Taishin KONISHI, Haruki ONO, Shingo TAKEI, Kazunori SATO, Toshiyuki TAKATANI
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Publication number: 20230315259Abstract: An information displaying device comprises: an input unit that receives operations from a user; a movement state evaluating unit that evaluates a state of movement of the mobile entity; a display information generating unit that generates screen information including UI elements (user interface elements) to be displayed on a display, based on a layout selected from layouts according to the evaluated state of movement of the mobile entity; and an operation detecting unit that detects the operations on each of the UI elements, and counts frequency of the operations on each of the UI elements while the movement state evaluating unit evaluates that the mobile entity is traveling; wherein, in the screen information based on the layout selected when the mobile entity is traveling, the UI elements with higher frequencies of the operations, which are detected by the operation detecting unit, are preferentially displayed on the screen of the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: Faurecia Clarion Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Haruki ONO, Kazunori SATO, Kazuya NINOMIYA, Shingo TAKEI, Taishin KONISHI, Toshiyuki TAKATANI
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Publication number: 20230208484Abstract: A radio communication apparatus includes a plurality of antennas, a radio transmission unit configured to execute radio transmission processing on data to be transmitted from the plurality of antennas, and a processor connected to the radio transmission unit. The processor executes a process including acquiring beam group specification information that specifies a beam group that is capable of being formed when the data to be transmitted is transmitted, forming at least one beam included in the beam group, and correcting an envelope of a beam group using correction factors, the beam group including the at least one beam formed, the correction factors corresponding to the beam group specification information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Katsuhiko Tsujihata, Kazuyuki Ozaki, Shunsuke FUJIO, KUNIFUMI TAMACHI, Kazunori Sato, Tadahiro Sato, Hiroshi Okagawa, Yoji Ohashi, Yusuke FURUUMI, Shinichiro Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20220295173Abstract: [Problem.] The present invention is directed to a higher-performance and higher-quality curved diaphragm. speaker system without deficiency of performance for both a hearing-impaired person and a normal hearing person. [Solution] A speaker unit 10 according to the present invention includes at least a first diaphragm 1 having a corn shape, a second diaphragm 2 having a curved sheet shape, and a driver unit 3 that drives both the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm. A small diameter side 1a of the first diaphragm and one end side 2a of the second diaphragm. are coupled to the driver unit. When the speaker unit is mounted in a housing 50 to be a speaker 100, a large diameter side 1b of the first diaphragm is coupled to a support plate 511 of a support member 51 that is a part of the housing, and the other end side 2b of the second diaphragm is coupled to a support leg 513 of the support member that is a part of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2019Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Kazunori Sato, Nobuhiro Miyahara, Yoshio Sakamoto, Hiroshi Tanaka
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Publication number: 20220149657Abstract: A power receiving device includes: a power receiving antenna to wirelessly receive AC power from a power transmitting antenna in a power transmitting device; a power receiving circuit to convert the AC power received by the power receiving antenna into DC power and to output the DC power; a charge-discharge control circuit to control charging and discharging of an electrical storage device to be charged by the DC power output from the power receiving circuit; and a switching circuit connected between the power receiving circuit and the charge-discharge control circuit and between the electrical storage device or the other electrical storage device and the charge-discharge control circuit. The charge-discharge control circuit is booted by energy that is stored in the electrical storage device or another electrical storage device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2020Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Kazunori SATO, Satoru KIKUCHI
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Patent number: 11159048Abstract: A wireless power transmission system includes a power transmitting device and a power receiving device. The power transmitting device includes: a first inverter circuit to output charging power to be directed to power transmission; a power transmitting antenna; and a first control circuit to control the first inverter circuit. The power receiving device includes: a power receiving antenna; and a trigger application circuit to apply, to detecting power to be supplied to the power receiving antenna, a trigger signal for informing of the power transmitting device of the presence of the power receiving device. Upon detecting the trigger signal, the first control circuit causes the first inverter circuit to begin outputting the charging power.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2018Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazunori Sato, Hiroshi Kanno
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Publication number: 20210167631Abstract: A wireless power transmission system includes a power transmitting device and a power receiving device. The power transmitting device includes: a first inverter circuit to output charging power to be directed to power transmission; a power transmitting antenna; and a first control circuit to control the first inverter circuit. The power receiving device includes: a power receiving antenna; and a trigger application circuit to apply, to detecting power to be supplied to the power receiving antenna, a trigger signal for informing of the power transmitting device of the presence of the power receiving device. Upon detecting the trigger signal, the first control circuit causes the first inverter circuit to begin outputting the charging power.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2018Publication date: June 3, 2021Inventors: Kazunori SATO, Hiroshi KANNO
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Patent number: 10721896Abstract: Lupine plants comprising a homozygous recessive allele that produces a year round flowering characteristic (or year round flowering phenotype or trait) are disclosed. One embodiment relates to the seeds of said year round flowering lupine plants, to the plants of said year round flowering lupine plants, to plant parts of said year round flowering lupine plants, and to methods for producing a lupine plant produced by crossing said year round flowering lupine plant with itself or with another lupine plant. Another embodiment also relates to methods for producing a lupine plant having a year round flowering characteristic (or year round flowering phenotype or trait) and to the year round flowering lupine plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Another embodiment relates to producing interspecific lupine plants having a year round flowering characteristic.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2019Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Green Fuse Botanicals, Inc.Inventors: Kazunori Sato, Tsutomu Semba
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Patent number: 10645254Abstract: An image processing device includes a reception unit and a setting unit. The reception unit receives an input image signal, and a synchronization signal used to generate an output image signal on a basis of the input image signal. The setting unit sets, after the reception unit receives the synchronization signal, a reception prohibition period that prohibits reception of a different synchronization signal by the reception unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2017Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Kosuke Shimizu, Kazunori Sato, Eisuke Nozawa, Motohiro Asano
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Publication number: 20200053467Abstract: [Problem] To provide a speaker that is capable of emitting higher-volume and clearer sounds which hard-of-hearing individuals and hearing individuals can hear together without inconvenience by not suppressing vibration of the curved diaphragm and therefore efficiently transmitting kinetic energy converted from the electric energy of a sound signal to a curved diaphragm, and also has a reduced weight and size and is easy to manufacture. [Solution] A speaker 10 of the present invention includes: a diaphragm 1 curved in one direction; a driver unit 2 that vibrates the diaphragm in accordance with an inputted electric signal; and a frame body 3 supporting the diaphragm and the driver unit. One end side and another side of the diaphragm in the direction of curvature are attached to the frame body via edge parts 15 that do not interfere with the vibration. Also, the driver unit is in contact with one surface of the diaphragm and fixedly attached to the frame body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2018Publication date: February 13, 2020Inventors: Kazunori SATO, Nobuhiro MIYAHARA, Yoshio SAKAMOTO
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Patent number: 10551188Abstract: Providing a three-dimensional surveying device and method capable of stably acquiring three-dimensional data with high accuracy. The device includes a mobile body, a measurement target, a collimation distance measuring unit fixed to the mobile body, a scanner unit, and a control computation section. The scanner unit is provided integrally and rotatably with respect to the collimation distance measuring unit. The control computation section is configured to calculate a coordinate value of a measurement center of the collimation distance measuring unit based on a distance measured by the collimation distance measuring unit, a first horizontal and first vertical angle, and to calculate a coordinate value of a measurement target object based on the coordinate value of the measurement center, an external orientation element of the scanner unit with respect to the collimation distance measuring unit, a distance measured by the scanner unit and a second horizontal and second vertical angle.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2019Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: You Sasaki, Kazunori Sato
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Publication number: 20190387701Abstract: Lupine plants comprising a homozygous recessive allele that produces a year round flowering characteristic (or year round flowering phenotype or trait) are disclosed. One embodiment relates to the seeds of said year round flowering lupine plants, to the plants of said year round flowering lupine plants, to plant parts of said year round flowering lupine plants, and to methods for producing a lupine plant produced by crossing said year round flowering lupine plant with itself or with another lupine plant. Another embodiment also relates to methods for producing a lupine plant having a year round flowering characteristic (or year round flowering phenotype or trait) and to the year round flowering lupine plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Another embodiment relates to producing interspecific lupine plants having a year round flowering characteristic.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: Green Fuse Botanicals, Inc.Inventors: Kazunori Sato, Tsutomu Semba
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Patent number: 10412924Abstract: Lupine plants comprising a homozygous recessive allele that produces a year round flowering characteristic (or year round flowering phenotype or trait) are disclosed. One embodiment relates to the seeds of said year round flowering lupine plants, to the plants of said year round flowering lupine plants, to plant parts of said year round flowering lupine plants, and to methods for producing a lupine plant produced by crossing said year round flowering lupine plant with itself or with another lupine plant. Another embodiment also relates to methods for producing a lupine plant having a year round flowering characteristic (or year round flowering phenotype or trait) and to the year round flowering lupine plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Another embodiment relates to producing interspecific lupine plants having a year round flowering characteristic.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Green Fuse Botanicals, Inc.Inventors: Kazunori Sato, Tsutomu Semba
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Patent number: 10382643Abstract: An image processing device includes a reception unit that receives an input image signal, and a synchronization signal used to generate an output image signal on a basis of the input image signal. In a case in which, after receiving the synchronization signal, the reception unit does not receive a next synchronization signal within a predetermined reception period, the reception unit conducts an automatic reception process that treats the next synchronization signal as being received.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2017Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Kosuke Shimizu, Kazunori Sato, Eisuke Nozawa, Motohiro Asano
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Publication number: 20190219393Abstract: Providing a three-dimensional surveying device and method capable of stably acquiring three-dimensional data with high accuracy. The device includes a mobile body, a measurement target, a collimation distance measuring unit fixed to the mobile body, a scanner unit, and a control computation section. The scanner unit is provided integrally and rotatably with respect to the collimation distance measuring unit. The control computation section is configured to calculate a coordinate value of a measurement center of the collimation distance measuring unit based on a distance measured by the collimation distance measuring unit, a first horizontal and first vertical angle, and to calculate a coordinate value of a measurement target object based on the coordinate value of the measurement center, an external orientation element of the scanner unit with respect to the collimation distance measuring unit, a distance measured by the scanner unit and a second horizontal and second vertical angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: You SASAKI, Kazunori SATO