Patents by Inventor Koji Sato

Koji 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: 20230316777
    Abstract: The image processing device of the present disclosure generates an overhead view image in which a captured image capturing a periphery of a vehicle is converted into an image from a viewpoint above the vehicle, detects a straight line from the overhead view image, removes a straight line extending radially from the detected straight lines based on the position of a camera, and extracts a parking frame from the remaining straight lines. Accordingly, the image processing device compares the feature amount corrected based on the movement amount of the vehicle with the feature amount of the straight line of the overhead view image at a later time point, and removes the non-corresponding straight line to extract a parking frame and appropriately extract the parking frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryo OTSUKI, Yoshimasa OKABE, Koji SATO
  • Patent number: 11763580
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus for automatically generating information representing a context surrounding a user, the information processing apparatus including a recognition processing unit configured to perform, on the basis of user environment information including at least any of location information representing a location where a user is present, image information relating to an environment surrounding a user, and audio information relating to the environment, an analysis process of at least any of the location information, the image information, and the audio information included in the user environment information, at a predetermined time interval, and to recognize a context surrounding the user, using the acquired result of analysis relating to the user environment; and a context candidate information generating unit configured to generate context candidate information representing a candidate of the context surrounding the user, the context candidate information including, at
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Murata, Naoki Shibuya, Junko Takabayashi, Yuuji Takimoto, Koji Sato
  • Patent number: 11756181
    Abstract: A processor determines an image defect in a test image obtained through an image reading process performed on an output sheet output by an image forming apparatus. The processor derives a vertical data string that is composed of data about horizontal representative values serving as representative values of a plurality of pixel values in each line in a horizontal direction in the test image. Moreover, the processor determines the presence or absence of at least one periodicity set in advance in the vertical data string by performing frequency analysis on the vertical data string. Furthermore, the processor determines the occurrence or non-occurrence and the cause of periodic density unevenness serving as a type of the image defect according to the determination result on the periodicity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Kanako Morimoto, Kazunori Tanaka, Koji Sato, Takuya Miyamoto, Rui Hamabe
  • Publication number: 20230271412
    Abstract: A conveying unit conveys a medium by moving a glue belt. The conveying unit includes a vapor application unit and a cleaning unit. The vapor application unit applies heated vapor to a front surface of the glue belt separated from the medium. The cleaning unit cleans the front surface to which the vapor is applied by the vapor application unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Shuhei NISHIZAWA, Koji SATO, Yoshihisa HORIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11738570
    Abstract: The printing apparatus includes: a printing unit configured to perform printing on a fabric based on print data, a transporting belt having a support surface for supporting the fabric and configured to transport the fabric, a cleaning unit configured to clean the support surface with a cleaning liquid, a temperature change unit configured to change a temperature of the cleaning liquid, and a device control unit configured to control the temperature change unit based on at least one of attribute information of the fabric, a position of the fabric on the support surface, and the print data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shuhei Nishizawa, Koji Sato, Yuichi Washio, Katsuya Asamoto
  • Publication number: 20230264499
    Abstract: A transport unit includes a glue belt, a cleaning unit, and a support unit. The glue belt can transport a medium. The cleaning unit can clean the glue belt with a cleaning liquid. The support unit includes a support surface capable of supporting a sponge that comes into contact with the glue belt cleaned by the cleaning unit. At least one opening is provided in the support surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Koji SATO, Shuhei NISHIZAWA, Yoshihisa HORIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230260102
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to extract image defects from a test image for each type by a simple process. A processor (80) generates a first preprocessed image and a second preprocessed image by executing a main filter process with each of a horizontal direction and a vertical direction of the test image used as a processing direction. The main filter process is a process of converting the pixel value of each pixel of interest sequentially selected from the test image into a converted value obtained by a process of emphasizing the difference between the pixel values of an area of interest and the pixel values of two adjacent areas. The processor (80) extracts, as the image defects, a first singular part that is present in the first preprocessed image and is not common to both images, a second singular part that is present in the second preprocessed image and is not common to both images, and a third singular part that is common to both images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Takuya MIYAMOTO, Kazunori TANAKA, Kanako MORIMOTO, Koji SATO, Rui HAMABE
  • Publication number: 20230249732
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a walking type electric transporter capable of being continuously used for a long time while preventing breakage of a storage battery due to a collision of cargo. A storage battery is accommodated in a box-shaped battery casing, the battery casing is detachably attached to a transporter main body portion, and the battery casing holds the storage battery while having spaces in such a manner that an upper portion and a front portion in an interior and an upper surface and a front surface of the storage battery are respectively separated from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Yuya KATO, Takashi MOCHIZUKI, Koji SATO, Atsushi YOKOI, Akiko HATA, Keisuke MOMMA
  • Publication number: 20230241743
    Abstract: A polishing brush (1) includes a rod-shaped member (2) and a grinding element bundle (4) formed of a plurality of wire-shaped grinding elements (3). The rod-shaped member (2) has a holding hole (6) at a front portion (2a) to hold the grinding element bundle (4). The holding hole (6) has a bottom face (7) and a sleeve-shaped peripheral wall (8) extending from the bottom face (7) in an inclination direction (S). The grinding element bundle (4) has a seated portion (4a) seated in the holding hole (6) and a protruding portion (4b) protruding from an opening (6a) of the holding hole (6) in the inclination direction (S). The tip end of the protruding portion (4b) is located on the outside of the rod-shaped member (2) when viewed from the axis (L0) direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventor: Koji SATO
  • Patent number: 11715192
    Abstract: A processor identifies an original drawing part that is originally drawn in a test image. Furthermore, the processor identifies a noise point in the test image. Furthermore, the processor determines which of predetermined two types of cause candidates is a cause of the noise point by determining a degree of overlapping between the original drawing part and the noise point. The two types of cause candidates are: waste toner dropping in which waste toner that has adhered to a transfer body that transfers a toner image to a sheet, is transferred to the sheet in the image forming device; and carrier developing in which magnetic carrier that has been mixed with toner is transferred to a sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Kanako Morimoto, Kazunori Tanaka, Koji Sato, Takuya Miyamoto, Rui Hamabe
  • Patent number: 11709899
    Abstract: A vector generation unit derives a reference feature vector and a document feature vector. A feature quantity extraction unit performs a dimensionality reduction process on the reference feature vector and the document feature vector so as to set a dimensional value as a first feature quantity and derives a cosine similarity between the reference feature vector and the document feature vector as a second feature quantity. A grid division unit classifies documents into first partial regions obtained by dividing a feature quantity space of the first feature quantity, and classifies the documents into second partial regions obtained by dividing a range of the second feature quantity. A training data extraction unit selects, for each combination of a first partial region and a second partial region, a document classified in both the partial regions and sets documents selected with respect to all combinations as training data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Koji Sato, Kanako Morimoto, Rui Hamabe, Kazunori Tanaka, Takuya Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20230226835
    Abstract: A transport device includes a transporting belt including an outer peripheral surface where a medium is placeable, the transporting belt being configured to transport the medium, a wiper blade including a tip portion configured to come into contact with the outer peripheral surface, and a base end portion located on an opposite side of the tip portion in an intersecting direction intersecting with the outer peripheral surface, the wiper blade being configured to wipe the outer peripheral surface, a contact portion made of resin and configured to support the base end portion by coming into contact with the base end portion, and a plurality of pressing units provided side by side in a width direction of the transporting belt, the plurality of pressing units being configured to press the base end portion via the contact portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventor: Koji SATO
  • Patent number: 11701906
    Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit configured to perform recording on a medium, a transporting belt configured to transport the medium, a wiper configured to wipe an outer circumferential surface of the transporting belt by coming into contact with the outer circumferential surface, a holding portion configured to hold the wiper, a support portion configured to support the holding portion such that the wiper is movable toward the outer circumferential surface, an elastic member configured to bias the holding portion such that the wiper comes into contact with the outer circumferential surface while the holding portion is supported movably by the support portion, and a fixing portion configured to fix the holding portion to the support portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Sato, Yuichi Washio, Katsuya Asamoto, Shuhei Nishizawa
  • Patent number: 11691412
    Abstract: A transport device includes a transport belt having a support surface configured to support a medium, and configured to transport the medium supported by the support surface, a cleaning roller including an absorbent member configured to absorb cleaning liquid, and configured to clean the support surface as the absorbent member comes into contact with the support surface, a supply unit configured to supply the cleaning liquid to the cleaning roller, and a spray unit configured to spray gas to the support surface cleaned by the cleaning roller. The spray unit is configured to spray the gas to the cleaning roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Sato, Yoshihisa Horikawa
  • Publication number: 20230152720
    Abstract: An electrophotographic belt includes a base layer containing a binder resin and carbon black in the binder resin. The binder resin contains at least one resin selected from the group consisting of PEEK and PPS. A water content calculated by ((X2?X1)/X2)×100 is 0.6% where X1 is a mass of a specimen cut out of the base layer when in a nitrogen atmosphere a temperature of the specimen is increased from 30° C. to 100° C. at a rate of 20° C./min. and maintained at 100° C. for 30 min, and X2 is a mass of the specimen when in a nitrogen atmosphere the specimen is thereafter cooled from 100° C. to 30° C. at a rate of 20° C./min. and the specimen is left to stand in the air under an environment of a temperature of 23° C. and a relative humidity of 50% for 48 hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Akira Okano, Takeaki Kumagai, Atsushi Hori, Megumi Uchino, Koji Sato
  • Patent number: 11630409
    Abstract: A processor selects a target sheet from a plurality of predetermined sheet candidates in accordance with selection information that is input via an input device. Furthermore, the processor derives feature information regarding a noise point from a target image that is obtained through an image reading process performed on an output sheet output from an image forming device, the noise point being a dot-like noise image included in the target image. Furthermore, the processor determines whether or not the noise point is a dot-like sheet noise by applying the feature information to a determination algorithm that corresponds to the target sheet, the sheet noise being included in a sheet of the output sheet itself, the determination algorithm being one of a plurality of determination algorithms that respectively correspond to the plurality of sheet candidates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Kazunori Tanaka, Kanako Morimoto, Takuya Miyamoto, Koji Sato, Rui Hamabe
  • Publication number: 20230096267
    Abstract: Provided is a battery degradation estimation device including a storage medium that stores computer-readable instructions, and a processor coupled to the storage medium, the processor executing the computer-readable instructions to: acquire time-series data including at least a voltage, SOC (State Of Charge), temperature, and current of a battery; convert the time-series data into intermediate data to be used for training; predict a future value of the intermediate data and a future value of an indicator relating to a degradation state of the battery by using a prediction function to generate training data; train a prediction model for estimating the indicator relating to the degradation state of the battery on the basis of the training data; and estimate the indicator relating to the degradation state of the battery on the basis of the prediction model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Takuma Kawahara, Shunsuke Konishi, Hidetoshi Utsumi, Koji Sato
  • Publication number: 20230098551
    Abstract: A coupler cylinder is driven between a locked state and an unlocked state of a bucket by being supplied with hydraulic oil. A main pump supplies the hydraulic oil to the coupler cylinder. A pressure increasing valve controls the supply of the hydraulic oil to the coupler cylinder. A controller controls drive of the pressure increasing valve. The controller instructs the pressure increasing valve to stop the supply of the hydraulic oil to the coupler cylinder based on pressure in an oil passage between the main pump and the coupler cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka NINOMIYA, Koji SATO, Takuya HIGASHIURA, Yuji FUKUDA, Akihiro KOYAMA
  • Patent number: 11614700
    Abstract: Provided is an intermediate transfer member containing a thermoplastic resin and carbon black. The carbon black has a structure volume of 50 or more and 250 or less, and a content of the carbon black is from 15.0 mass % to 30.0 mass % with respect to the intermediate transfer member. When a region ranging from an inner peripheral surface on a back side with respect to an outer peripheral surface on which a toner image is borne to 10 ?m in a thickness direction is defined as an inner peripheral surface region, a value of an L-function indicating dispersibility of the carbon black with respect to the thermoplastic resin in the inner peripheral surface region is 150 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Midai Suzuki, Koji Sato, Akira Okano, Toshiyuki Yoshida
  • Patent number: D997719
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryota Shimozawa, Koji Sato, Satoshi Ujino