Patents by Inventor Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe 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: 11302937
    Abstract: The electric power supply control apparatus for a vehicle executes a driving prioritizing mode in which a supply of driving electric power is prioritized over a supply of temperature controlling electric power, and a temperature control prioritizing mode in which the supply of the temperature controlling electric power is prioritized over the supply of the driving electric power. While the modes are switched over, the apparatus controls the driving electric power or the temperature controlling electric power so that a sum of the powers stays at an upper limit value or smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ken Watanabe, Ryohei Hoshi, Fumiyuki Moriya, Hirofumi Yabe
  • Patent number: 11247684
    Abstract: An electric power supply control apparatus for a vehicle decreases a first electric power prior to switching the modes, when a sum of a request value of a second electric power and the first electric power exceeds a total electric power upper limit value in the mode before the switching, and switches the modes after the sum of the decreased first electric power and the request value of the second electric power becomes equal to or smaller than the total electric power upper limit value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Hoshi, Fumiyuki Moriya, Hirofumi Yabe, Ken Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20210229595
    Abstract: A vehicular apparatus includes: a housing that is configured to be attached to a vehicle; and a first light source and a second light source that are provided in the housing to emit light having main wavelengths in mutually different wavelength ranges. The first light source emits light having a main wavelength in 490 nm-498 nm while the vehicle is being automatically driven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken WATANABE, Susumu KANEKO
  • Patent number: 11059385
    Abstract: There is provide an electric power supply control apparatus for a vehicle comprising a battery, an electric motor, and a temperature controller, the electric power supply control apparatus sets one of upper limit values of driving electric power and temperature controlling electric power at a predetermined value that is equal to or smaller than a total electric power upper limit value without being limited by the other one of the driving electric power and the temperature controlling electric power, and sets the upper limit value of the other one of electric power in a way such that a sum of the upper limit value of the other one of electric power and the one of electric power is equal to or smaller than the total electric power upper limit value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumiyuki Moriya, Ken Watanabe, Ryohei Hoshi
  • Publication number: 20210191498
    Abstract: A method for controlling a display device having a first interface to which a first image signal is inputted and a second interface to which a second image signal is inputted from an image supply device having an auto sleep function is provided. The method includes: shifting to a sleep mode in response to a continuous stop of the first image signal for a first time, in a first mode in which a first image based on the first image signal is displayed on a screen; and shifting to the sleep mode in response to a continuous stop of the second image signal for a second time that is shorter than the first time, in a second mode in which a second image based on the second image signal is displayed on the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ken WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11007428
    Abstract: A video game apparatus for generating a captured image of a virtual camera set in a virtual space includes a virtual camera setting section configured to set an imaging direction of the virtual camera, a captured image generation section configured to change a transmittance of a transmittance variable object within the virtual space based on an imaging direction of the virtual camera, and generate a captured image of the virtual camera, and a display panel configured to display the captured image generated by the captured image generation section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken Watanabe, Shunichi Shirai
  • Patent number: 11002239
    Abstract: A control device includes an engine, a starter motor configured to perform engine start, a direct-current-to-direct-current converter, a battery coupled to the starter motor with the direct-current-to-direct-current interposed therebetween, and a controller. The controller is configured to execute control of switching between first and second traveling modes. The direct-current-to-direct-current converter is configured to supply an electric power of the battery to the starter motor, and to lower an output voltage to be supplied thereto. The controller is configured to execute output limit control of lowering the output voltage to lower the output current, in a case where an output current of the direct-current-to-direct-current converter becomes equal to or higher than a threshold. The controller is configured to initiate boost permitting control when initiating the engine start in association with switching from the second to first traveling mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ken Watanabe, Fumiyuki Moriya
  • Publication number: 20210126272
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte assembly is obtained by joining a solid electrolyte layer having oxide ion conductivity and containing lanthanum and a first electrode layer made of an oxide that is represented by ABO3?? and has a cubic perovskite structure to each other, where A represents an alkaline-earth metal element, B represents a transition metal element, and ? represents a fraction that occurs depending on the valences and amounts of A, B, and O. The oxide contains lanthanum at a part of the A site, and an atom ratio of lanthanum to all the elements occupying the A site is 0.01 or greater and 0.80 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo IDE, Kengo SHIMANOE, Ken WATANABE, Koichi SUEMATSU
  • Publication number: 20210052942
    Abstract: An athletic activity performance estimation device estimates an athletic activity performance index relating to an athletic activity in which a subject performs a short-time action after a predetermined waiting time using information correlated with the state of tension of the subject as tension state information, an index indicating the subject's tension level as a tension state index, and an index indicating the quality of performance of an athletic activity of the subject as the athletic activity performance index. The athletic activity performance estimation device includes a tension state information acquirer that acquires the tension state information of the subject before starting the athletic activity, a tension state index calculator that calculates the tension state index of the subject from the tension state information, and an athletic activity performance index estimator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji MATSUMURA, Ken WATANABE, Toshitaka KIMURA, Makio KASHINO
  • Publication number: 20210036354
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte assembly has an anode, a cathode, and a solid electrolyte layer located therebetween. An intermediate layer is provided between the anode or the cathode and the solid electrolyte layer. The intermediate layer is made of a cerium oxide containing lanthanum and a rare-earth element excluding lanthanum and cerium. The solid electrolyte layer contains an oxide of lanthanum. Preferably, the solid electrolyte layer contains a composite oxide of lanthanum and silicon. Also, preferably, the intermediate layer is made of a cerium oxide containing lanthanum and any one of samarium, gadolinium, yttrium, erbium, ytterbium, and dysprosium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Shingo IDE, Kengo SHIMANOE, Ken WATANABE, Koichi SUEMATSU
  • Publication number: 20210031748
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a controller that switches a vehicle between an HEV traveling mode and an EV traveling mode. When the output current of a DC-to-DC converter becomes equal to or higher than a threshold, the controller decreases the output current by decreasing the output voltage of the DC-to-DC converter through output regulation control. The controller makes switching between a normal setting in which the threshold for the output regulation control is set to a reference threshold and a boost setting in which the threshold is set to a boost threshold higher than the reference threshold. The controller prohibits the boost setting when a power margin for boosting becomes equal to or lower than a first power margin value in the HEV traveling mode and when the power margin for the boosting becomes equal to or lower than a second power margin value in the EV traveling mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Ken Watanabe, Fumiyuki Moriya
  • Publication number: 20210011763
    Abstract: In a substrate processing device, a technique that achieves OR transfer satisfying a specified condition is provided. The substrate processing device includes an identifying unit configured to refer to usage states of a plurality of process modules at process time slots to identify one or more process modules that can execute processes of substrates included in a control job to be processed among process modules that can be used at the process time slots, a calculating unit configured to assign the processes of the substrates to respective process time slots of the one or more process modules identified by the identifying unit to calculate a time duration from a start to an end of the processes of the substrates, and a determining unit configured to determine start timing of starting the processes of the substrates so that the time duration calculated by the calculating unit satisfies a specified condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventor: Ken WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20200309079
    Abstract: A control device includes an engine, a starter motor configured to perform engine start, a direct-current-to-direct-current converter, a battery coupled to the starter motor with the direct-current-to-direct-current interposed therebetween, and a controller. The controller is configured to execute control of switching between first and second traveling modes. The direct-current-to-direct-current converter is configured to supply an electric power of the battery to the starter motor, and to lower an output voltage to be supplied thereto. The controller is configured to execute output limit control of lowering the output voltage to lower the output current, in a case where an output current of the direct-current-to-direct-current converter becomes equal to or higher than a threshold. The controller is configured to initiate boost permitting control when initiating the engine start in association with switching from the second to first traveling mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Ken WATANABE, Fumiyuki MORIYA
  • Publication number: 20200166755
    Abstract: The present invention provides a head-mounted display using a reflective member, the head-mounted display enabling a user to maintain a sense of immersion, and achieving improvement in stability of a display device and the reflective member. This head-mounted display has: a holder part; a mount member which is configured to be mounted to the head of a user, and the length of which can be adjusted according to the size of the head; a display device in which a display surface for displaying an image is held by the holder part in such a manner as to face downward in a state where the mount member is mounted to the user's head; a reflective member in which a reflection surface is held by the holder part in such a manner as to face the display surface side of the display device, and which reflects an image toward the eyeballs of the user having the mount member mounted to the head thereof; and a shielding part which provides a shield for a space in which the display device and the reflective member are disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventor: Ken WATANABE
  • Patent number: 10632381
    Abstract: Disclosed is a control program for a computer, the computer including a storage unit and being configured to execute a competition game. The storage unit stores a competition result and a counter for each combination of at least two competing players. The control program causes the computer to execute a competition between at least two players When a winning player, of at least two competing players, was defeated by a losing player in an immediately preceding competition, the computer increases the counter corresponding to the combination of the at least two competing players, determines points to be awarded based on the counter, and stores the determined points in the storage unit in association with the winning player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: GREE, Inc.
    Inventor: Ken Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20200106113
    Abstract: The electric power supply control apparatus for a vehicle executes a driving prioritizing mode in which a supply of driving electric power is prioritized over a supply of temperature controlling electric power, and a temperature control prioritizing mode in which the supply of the temperature controlling electric power is prioritized over the supply of the driving electric power. While the modes are switched over, the apparatus controls the driving electric power or the temperature controlling electric power so that a sum of the powers stays at an upper limit value or smaller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Ken WATANABE, Ryohei Hoshi, Fumiyuki Moriya, Hirofumi Yabe
  • Publication number: 20200106114
    Abstract: There is provide an electric power supply control apparatus for a vehicle comprising a battery, an electric motor, and a temperature controller, the electric power supply control apparatus sets one of upper limit values of driving electric power and temperature controlling electric power at a predetermined value that is equal to or smaller than a total electric power upper limit value without being limited by the other one of the driving electric power and the temperature controlling electric power, and sets the upper limit value of the other one of electric power in a way such that a sum of the upper limit value of the other one of electric power and the one of electric power is equal to or smaller than the total electric power upper limit value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Fumiyuki MORIYA, Ken WATANABE, Ryohei HOSHI
  • Publication number: 20200101973
    Abstract: An electric power supply control apparatus for a vehicle decreases a first electric power prior to switching the modes, when a sum of a request value of a second electric power and the first electric power exceeds a total electric power upper limit value in the mode before the switching, and switches the modes after the sum of the decreased first electric power and the request value of the second electric power becomes equal to or smaller than the total electric power upper limit value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Ryohei HOSHI, Fumiyuki MORIYA, Hirofumi YABE, Ken WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20200080320
    Abstract: The present invention intends to provide a technique by which, in an interior building material which is represented by a gypsum board and to which a magnet does not attach, the surface of such an interior building material can be modified so that a magnet can attach to the surface by simple means that can be put into practical use, a wall face and the like for which a stopper with a magnet, which is a substitute for a thumbtack, and a magnet sheet are usable can thereby be formed, and an interior building material which has realized favorable construction efficiency such that the interior building material can be easily cut with a cutter knife or the like can be made, and this object is realized by providing an interior building material having a plurality of sheet-like magnetic materials fixed to at least a portion of a surface or back surface of a plate-like base material to which a magnet does not attach, wherein adjacent magnetic materials are disposed in such a way as to have a portion where the adjacen
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Itaru YOKOYAMA, Ken WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20190323234
    Abstract: An object is to provide a gypsum-based building material with a magnetic layer, including: the gypsum-based building material; the magnetic layer covering at least a part of a surface of the gypsum-based building material, wherein the magnetic layer contains iron powder and a binder, a content per unit area of the iron powder is 0.3 kg/m2 or more and a density of the magnetic layer is 2.0 g/cm3 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Ken WATANABE, Junetsu SHIMAZAKI, Itaru YOKOYAMA, Yosuke SATO, Takao KANEKO