Patents by Inventor Masahiro Sato

Masahiro 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: 20230259211
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a technology that enables one user to appropriately recognize a tactile sensation based on a force from the other user. [Solving Means] A tactile presentation apparatus according to the present technology includes a first detection unit, a first presentation unit, and a control unit. The first detection unit detects a first detection value based on a force of a first user. The first presentation unit is provided at a position other than a position of the first detection unit and presents a tactile sensation to the first user. The control unit controls the first presentation unit to present a tactile sensation to the first user on the basis of a second detection value of another tactile presentation apparatus, the other tactile presentation apparatus including a second detection unit that detects a second detection value based on a force of a second user and a second presentation unit that presents a tactile sensation to the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Masaki ORIHASHI, Masahiro SATO, Hironobu ABE, Akihito NISHIIKE
  • Patent number: 11724371
    Abstract: An electric power tool includes: an output shaft on which a front-end tool is adapted to be mounted; and a power transmission mechanism that transmits a rotational output of a motor to the output shaft. A posture information acquisition unit acquires posture information for identifying a posture of the electric power tool. A torque information acquisition unit acquires torque information indicating a measured value of tightening torque produced by the front-end tool. A transmission unit transmits the posture information, the torque information, and time information related to a time when respective information is acquired to an external apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Itaru Murui, Mitsumasa Mizuno, Hiroaki Murakami, Takashi Kusagawa, Masahiro Sato, Masanori Nakamoto, Akiko Honda
  • Patent number: 11717219
    Abstract: A biological information measuring apparatus includes a first electrode provided in contact with a user's external auditory canal and a second electrode provided in contact with the user's concha cavum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Agama-X Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Sato, Motofumi Baba, Monta Ido, Masayoshi Nakao, Kengo Tokuchi
  • Patent number: 11717191
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to output a caution, based on an operation history of a device, the device being worn by a user and emitting sound, and on a judging result regarding whether biological information concerning the user satisfies a condition for hearing loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Agama-X Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo Tokuchi, Masahiro Sato
  • Publication number: 20230244432
    Abstract: A display control device includes an acquiring unit, a selecting unit and a display control unit. The acquiring unit acquires a first image that is an image having a first dynamic range, and a second image that is an image having a second dynamic range that is narrower than the first dynamic range, and is an image representing content that is same as content represented by the first image. The selecting unit selects, in a case where the first image and the second image include one or a plurality of feature regions, at least one of the one or plurality of feature regions as an attention region, on the basis of a count of gradient values used in the first or plurality of feature regions. The display control unit controls a display to display the first image and the second image, and indicate the attention region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: MASAHIRO SATO, HIROFUMI URABE
  • Patent number: 11687049
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to associate information indicating a recognition result of a voice of a user uttered at a time at which the user manually operates a device, biological information other than the voice of the user, and manual operation information indicating a manual operation for the device with each other, and operate the device based on the biological information in a subsequent operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Agama-X Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Sato, Kengo Tokuchi
  • Publication number: 20230125847
    Abstract: A program causes a computer to execute a process. The process includes: acquiring first delay time when a request is transmitted from a first container group having a proxy container of first type to a second container group having first proxy container of second type by the proxy container of first type; calculating second delay time when the request from the first container group reaches the second container group via third container group that relays communication between proxy containers of different types; performing, when the second delay time is shorter than the first delay time, setting for transmitting the request to the third container group via the proxy container of first type; and adding, when otherwise, a second proxy container of second type to the first container group, and performing setting for transmitting the request to the second container group via the second proxy container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Masahiro Sato
  • Patent number: 11636392
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a processor configured to query a user about an operation item to be executed by equipment in a case where biological information about the user satisfying a specific condition is acquired, but a single operation item of the equipment to associate with the acquired biological information is not specified, and associate an operation item designated by the user in response to the query with the acquired biological information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Agama-X Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Sato, Kengo Tokuchi
  • Patent number: 11635816
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to acquire biological information of plural users determined to be within a predetermined area and operate an apparatus based on the biological information of the plural users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Agama-X Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motofumi Baba, Masahiro Sato, Kengo Tokuchi, Kiichiro Arikawa, Monta Ido, Kosuke Aoki, Tadashi Suto, Tsutomu Kimura, Hanako Kariya
  • Patent number: 11574607
    Abstract: A display device comprising: a display; and an image obtaining unit configured to obtain an image; and a display control unit configured to perform control such that a pixel having a brightness gradation value that is included within a setting range, which is a range of brightness gradation values and which is a range set to include at least a certain number of pixels in a target frame of the image, is displayed in the display in a display appearance different from that of a pixel having a brightness gradation value that is not included within the setting range in the target frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Sato, Hirofumi Urabe
  • Publication number: 20220393093
    Abstract: The present invention is a piezoelectric actuator drive method, a piezoelectric actuator drive circuit, and a piezoelectric actuator drive system capable of causing a piezoelectric element to vibrate in a maximum amplitude state. The piezoelectric actuator drive circuit includes: an obtainment unit that obtains operation information pertaining to operation of the piezoelectric element in a period that is a part of one cycle of a drive cycle in which the piezoelectric element is driven; and a control unit that performs feedback control of a drive parameter for driving the piezoelectric element based on the operation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Hironobu ABE, Masahiro SATO, Hiroya TAKENAKA
  • Patent number: 11508335
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as a processing unit, a display control unit, and a setting unit. The processing unit is configured to perform first image processing and second image processing. The display control unit is configured to perform control to perform a first display based on a result of the first image processing and a second display based on a result of the second image processing, together. The setting unit is configured to set upper-limit brightness of the second display. An Electro-Optical Transfer Function (EOTF) type of the first display and an EOTF type of the second display are EOTF types dealing with high dynamic range (HDR). The processing unit converts brightness of an image according to the upper-limit brightness and the EOTF type of the first display in the second image processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Sato, Hirofumi Urabe
  • Patent number: 11507987
    Abstract: A charge calculation method executed by a processor included in a computer to execute a process, the process includes determining a degree of possibility that a virtual machine having redundant configuration exists in a plurality of virtual machines that provide a service, calculating a difference of charges for using the service before and after a first virtual machine among the plurality of virtual machines is migrated to an another location different from a location where the first virtual machine is located, and displaying the degree of possibility and the difference with respect to the service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroaki Arai, Masanori Yamazaki, Masahiro Sato, Yuji Wada
  • Patent number: 11495821
    Abstract: A fuel cell stack includes an insulating collar member provided in an end plate and screwed with a positioning pin, and a rotation restriction mechanism that restricts rotation of the collar member relative to the end plate in a screw tightening direction of the positioning pin. A method of assembling the fuel cell stack includes a screwing step and a stacking step. In the screwing step, rotation of the collar member relative to the end plate in the screw tightening direction of the positioning pin is restricted by the rotation restriction mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideharu Naito, Masahiro Sato
  • Patent number: 11492722
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor apparatus and a potential measuring apparatus capable of preventing deterioration in signal characteristics due to parasitic capacitance caused by providing a configuration for realizing an electrode plating process when an electrode and an amplifier are provided on the same substrate. When a power source supplies a potential necessary for plating processing and a breaker reads a signal from liquid, and an amplifier amplifies and outputs the signal, the power source required for the plating processing is blocked with respect to the electrode. This is applicable to the potential measuring apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Sato, Machiko Kametani, Jun Ogi, Yuri Kato
  • Patent number: 11487257
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a processor configured to not operate equipment according to biological information indicating an operation item of the equipment in a case where the biological information not expected to be produced from a user under specific circumstances is measured from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Agama-X Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Sato, Kengo Tokuchi
  • Patent number: 11478220
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic probe includes: an oscillator; a base on which the oscillator is provided; a base conductive wire portion connected to the oscillator; a bump electrode portion supplying a signal to the oscillator via the base conductive wire portion; a pad portion engaging with the bump electrode portion; and an acoustic lens provided such that a force toward the bump electrode portion is applied to the pad portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Healthcare Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yoshimura, Akifumi Sako, Masahiro Sato
  • Patent number: 11482722
    Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack, a stack case storing the fuel cell stack, and an auxiliary device case joined to the stack case, and storing fuel cell auxiliary devices. The auxiliary device case includes an end plate part which applies a tightening load in a stacking direction to the fuel cell stack, as an integral part of the auxiliary device case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Yoshitomi, Hideharu Naito, Masahiro Sato, Yuki Ichinoe
  • Patent number: 11452205
    Abstract: Provided is an ultrasonic probe having ultrasonic elements and a printed-circuit board that establishes connection between the ultrasonic elements and external wiring, achieving strong connection between the ultrasonic elements and the printed-circuit board mechanically and electrically, and thereby improving performance in examination and diagnosis using the ultrasonic probe. The printed-circuit board with pads each having a via-hole to be bonded to electrode pads of a chip equipped with the ultrasonic elements, is provided with a reinforcement, in an area of the base material where the pad having the via-hole is not formed. The reinforcement is formed simultaneously with forming the pads and wiring on the printed-circuit board, having the same thickness as the pads. With the reinforcement, pressure is evenly applied to the printed-circuit board when the electrode pad is press-fitted into the pad having the via-hole, thereby preventing warping and deforming of the board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Fujifilm Healthcare Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yoshimura, Akifumi Sako, Makoto Fukada, Masahiro Sato
  • Patent number: 11430188
    Abstract: An information processing system includes an attribute-information acquisition unit and an identification unit. The attribute-information acquisition unit acquires an attribute of an object that is present in a real space in accordance with information regarding the object an object image of which is captured. The identification unit identifies an image that is a virtual image associated with the attribute acquired by the attribute-information acquisition unit, the image being combined with the object image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Akihito Yamauchi, Yoshihiko Nemoto, Tsutomu Kimura, Masahiro Sato, Kengo Tokuchi