Patents by Inventor Masahiro Takahashi

Masahiro Takahashi 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: 11608876
    Abstract: A speed reducer according to the present invention includes: at least one gear member for changing a speed of rotations input from a rotary device and outputting the rotations; a case housing the gear member; and a heating unit provided on the case and configured to heat the case or an inside of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: NABTESCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Takahashi, Yuto Nakai
  • Publication number: 20230078292
    Abstract: A solar controller is configured to control a solar unit including a solar panel, a step-up and step-down DC-DC converter configured to receive electric power generated by the solar panel, convert the received electric power to a predetermined electric power, and output the predetermined electric power, and a regulator circuit provided between an output of the DC-DC converter and a ground potential. The solar controller includes one or more processors are configured to: acquire an input and output voltages of the DC-DC converter; acquire an input and output currents of the DC-DC converter; control the regulator circuit and a plurality of switching elements that respectively make up a plurality of arms included in the DC-DC converter; and determine whether an abnormality in each of the arms has occurred based on the input and output voltages or the input and output currents, that is acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuro NAKAMURA, Masahiro TAKAHASHI, Akinori KAWAMURA
  • Patent number: 11603908
    Abstract: A speed reducer according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: an input gear; a plurality of spur gears configured to rotate in mesh with the input gear; one or more eccentric cams formed on each of a plurality of shafts, each of the plurality of shafts being coupled to corresponding one of the plurality of spur gears; and one or more eccentric gears each having a plurality of first through-holes and a plurality of second through-holes, each of the plurality of first through-holes rotatably supporting corresponding one of the one or more eccentric cams, the second through-holes being disposed adjacent to the first through-holes and formed asymmetrically as viewed from a direction of a central axis, and the one or more eccentric gear are configured to rotate eccentrically relative to a rotational axis of the input gear in conjunction with rotation of the one or more eccentric cams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: NABTESCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Takahashi, Yuto Nakai
  • Publication number: 20230072411
    Abstract: A solar charging system includes a solar panel, a power conversion unit configured to output electric power generated by the solar panel, a battery configured to be directly charged via the power conversion unit with electric power generated by the solar panel, and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to transmit, to the power conversion unit via a communication line, a signal that controls a charge enable or disable status of charging from the solar panel to the battery, and determine whether an abnormality in the communication line is present based on the electric power generated by the solar panel, and a voltage at a middle point between the solar panel and the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Kohki OHKOSHI, Yuma MIYAMOTO, Taisuke HAYASHI, Takashi FUKAI, Akinori KAWAMURA, Masahiro TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20230063169
    Abstract: A vehicle power supply control system includes a solar panel, a drive battery, an auxiliary battery, an auxiliary system that is powered by the solar panel and the auxiliary battery, an acquisition unit, and a controller. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire power generated by the solar panel and power consumption of the auxiliary system. The controller is configured to control power supply from the solar panel to the drive battery based on the power generated by the solar panel and the power consumption of the auxiliary system when the power supply from the solar panel to the drive battery is possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Taisuke HAYASHI, Yuma MIYAMOTO, Kohki OHKOSHI, Takashi FUKAI, Masahiro TAKAHASHI, Akinori KAWAMURA
  • Patent number: 11590954
    Abstract: A brake device of the present invention includes: a wheel brake unit for braking a wheel; an electric motor for driving the wheel brake unit; a speed reducer for decelerating rotation of the electric motor; a rotation-linear motion converter for converting a rotational output of the speed reducer into a linear motion; and a braking force transmission member for transmitting the linear motion produced by the rotation-linear motion converter to the wheel brake unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: NABTESCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Takahashi, Yuto Nakai
  • Publication number: 20230051128
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material particle with little deterioration is provided. A power storage device with little deterioration is provided. A highly safe power storage device is provided. The positive electrode active material particle includes a first crystal grain, a second crystal grain, and a crystal grain boundary positioned between the crystal grain and the second crystal grain; the first crystal grain and the second crystal grain include lithium, a transition metal, and oxygen; the crystal grain boundary includes magnesium and oxygen; and the positive electrode active material particle includes a region where the ratio of the atomic concentration of magnesium in the crystal grain boundary to the atomic concentration of the transition metal in first crystal grain and the second crystal grain is greater than or equal to 0.010 and less than or equal to 0.50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro TAKAHASHI, Teruaki OCHIAI, Yohei MOMMA, Ayae TSURUTA
  • Patent number: 11560620
    Abstract: A gold sputtering target has a gold purity of 99.999% or more. In such a gold sputtering target, an average value of Vickers hardness is 20 or more and less than 40, an average crystal grain size is 15 ?m or more and 200 ?m or less, and a {110} plane of gold is preferentially oriented to a surface to be sputtered of the gold sputtering target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K. K.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kato, Takashi Terui, Masahiro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20220417629
    Abstract: A sound output apparatus according to the present technology includes a functional mechanism that performs a specified function; an oscillation providing mechanism that oscillates, as an oscillation-provision-target member, a member that is included in the functional mechanism; and an oscillation controller that controls an oscillation operation performed by the oscillation providing mechanism, on the basis of sound information. The oscillation providing mechanism includes an actuator, a support member, and a biasing member. The actuator generates oscillation along a specified oscillation axis, and includes a rear end that is situated opposite to the oscillation-provision-target member in an axial direction of the oscillation axis. The instruction member supports the actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: MASAHIRO TAKAHASHI, TAKANOBU WADA, TETSUYA MINAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220406374
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a first wiring line, a second wiring line, a memory cell connected between the first and second wiring lines, including a resistance change memory element having first and second resistance states, and a two-terminal switching element connected in series to the resistance change memory element, and a voltage application circuit which applies a write voltage signal having a first polarity and setting a desired resistance state to the resistance change memory element, to the memory cell, and applies, after the write voltage signal is applied to the memory cell, a second polarity voltage signal having a magnitude that prevents the two-terminal switching element from being set to the on-state, to the memory cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro TAKAHASHI, Hiroshi ITO, Ryousuke TAKIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20220391972
    Abstract: An information processing device (1) includes a collection unit (31), an acquisition unit (32), and a proposal unit (34). The collection unit (31) collects income and expenditure information (42) regarding income and expenditure of a user. The acquisition unit (32) acquires promise information (44) of a promise regarding the income and expenditure made by the user with a virtual entity (AG) displayed on a display unit of a user terminal (100) possessed by the user. The proposal unit (34) proposes predetermined proposal information regarding the income and expenditure to the user based on the income and expenditure information (42) and the promise information (44).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuji TAKIMOTO, Yuki OKAMURA, Masahiro TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220393106
    Abstract: A semiconductor storage device includes a memory cell including a core portion that extends in a first direction above a semiconductor substrate; a variable resistance layer that extends in the first direction and is in contact with the core portion; a semiconductor layer that extends in the first direction and is in contact with the variable resistance layer; a first insulator layer that extends in the first direction and is in contact with the semiconductor layer; and a first voltage applying electrode that extends in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and is in contact with the first insulator layer. The core portion is a vacuum region, or a region containing inert gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Masahiro TAKAHASHI, Yoshiaki ASAO, Yukihiro NOMURA, Daisaburo TAKASHIMA
  • Patent number: 11487412
    Abstract: An information processing system and a method for operating same are provided. The information processing system includes a first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus. The first information processing apparatus is configured to display a first synchronous image in a first window, the first window having an operation right. The second information processing apparatus has a synchronous state or an asynchronous state. The second information processing apparatus is configured to: display a second synchronous image; in response to a first request, switch from the synchronous state to the asynchronous state; and in response to a second request, switch from the asynchronous state to the synchronous state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Hasegawa, Yoichi Mizutani, Masato Kajimoto, Masahiro Takahashi, Hiroshi Kyusojin
  • Patent number: 11489151
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material particle with little deterioration is provided. A power storage device with little deterioration is provided. A highly safe power storage device is provided. The positive electrode active material particle includes a first crystal grain, a second crystal grain, and a crystal grain boundary positioned between the crystal grain and the second crystal grain; the first crystal grain and the second crystal grain include lithium, a transition metal, and oxygen; the crystal grain boundary includes magnesium and oxygen; and the positive electrode active material particle includes a region where the ratio of the atomic concentration of magnesium in the crystal grain boundary to the atomic concentration of the transition metal in first crystal grain and the second crystal grain is greater than or equal to 0.010 and less than or equal to 0.50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Takahashi, Teruaki Ochiai, Yohei Momma, Ayae Tsuruta
  • Publication number: 20220336616
    Abstract: A stack with excellent electrical characteristics and reliability is provided. The stack includes an insulator, a conductor, and a first oxide between the insulator and the conductor; the first oxide includes a first c-axis-aligned crystal region; and a c-axis of the first crystal region is substantially perpendicular to a plane of the first oxide on the insulator side. Alternatively, the stack includes an insulator, a conductor, a first oxide between the insulator and the conductor, and a second oxide facing the first oxide with the insulator therebetween; the first oxide includes a first c-axis-aligned crystal region; a c-axis of the first crystal region is substantially perpendicular to a plane of the first oxide on the insulator side; the second oxide includes a second c-axis-aligned crystal region; and a c-axis of the second crystal region is substantially perpendicular to a plane of the second oxide on the insulator side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Masahiro TAKAHASHI, Tomoki HIRAMATSU
  • Patent number: 11463612
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a control apparatus, a control method, and a program for giving a sense of imaging to a user. There are provided a processing unit that processes data based on pixel signals output from a plurality of pixels, and a display control unit that causes a display unit to display an image based on the data processed by the processing unit as a through image. The display unit displays a mark indicating a recording process in response to an instruction of recording the data together with the through image displayed on the display unit. The mark is displayed at each of four corners of the display unit. Alternatively, the mark is displayed near a frame of autofocus. The present technology is applicable to an imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Takahashi, Hidenori Karasawa, Lyo Takaoka, Daisuke Hiro, Haruka Kawata, Ayako Iwase, Kanako Yana
  • Publication number: 20220311975
    Abstract: Each remote operation robot includes: an imaging direction detection unit configured to detect an imaging direction of a camera, an imaging direction information generation unit configured to generate imaging direction information indicating the imaging direction detected by the imaging direction detection unit, an imaging direction information transmission unit configured to transmit imaging direction information to another remote operation robot, an imaging direction information reception unit configured to receive the imaging direction information from another remote operation robot, and an imaging direction control unit configured to control the imaging direction of the camera based on the imaging direction information received by the imaging direction information reception unit in such a way that the imaging direction of the camera of the own robot is synchronized with the imaging direction of the camera of the robot that has transmitted the imaging direction information received by the imaging direction
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masahiro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20220311976
    Abstract: Each remote operation terminal includes an own robot sound pressure information transmission unit, an own robot sound pressure information reception unit, an another terminal sound pressure information transmission unit, an another terminal sound pressure information reception unit, a sound pressure information output unit configured to output sound pressure information received by the own robot sound pressure information reception unit or the other terminal sound pressure information reception unit, and a conversation control unit configured to execute an inter-robot conversation mode that establishes conversation with another user using the own robot sound pressure information transmission unit and the own robot sound pressure information reception unit and an inter-terminal conversation mode that establishes conversation with another user using the other terminal sound pressure information transmission unit and the other terminal sound pressure information reception unit in such a way that they can be swit
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Masahiro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20220308590
    Abstract: The embodiments relate to a traveling apparatus adapted to perform communication sequentially with a plurality of moving objects. The traveling apparatus includes: a moving object data acquisition unit configured to acquire moving object data including at least location information of a plurality of moving objects present within a predetermined distance range in the periphery of the traveling apparatus; an object determination unit configured to determine a target of communication from among the plurality of the moving objects; and an operation control unit configured to move, based on the moving object data, the traveling apparatus in a direction in which there is few moving objects while maintaining the state in which the traveling apparatus performs communication with the target of communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masahiro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20220301854
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: (a) forming a first film in an amorphous state on the substrate by supplying a first process gas to the substrate; (b) forming a second film in an amorphous state, which has a crystallization temperature lower than a crystallization temperature of the first film, on the first film by supplying a second process gas to the substrate; (c) crystallizing the first film and the second film formed on the substrate by heating the first film and the second film; and (d) removing at least the second film by exposing a surface of the substrate to an etching agent after crystallizing the first film and the second film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki HORITA, Masahiro TAKAHASHI