Patents by Inventor Masahiro Tanaka
Masahiro Tanaka 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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Patent number: 11976583Abstract: The present invention relates to a reservoir tank for coolant that stores the coolant for cooling an internal combustion engine. The reservoir tank includes: a tank chamber that stores the coolant; an opening, which is disposed in an upper part of the tank chamber, through which the coolant flows in and flows out, and in a circumferential wall of which a breathing hole is formed; and a first communication passage, a second communication passage, and a third communication passage that respectively communicate with the opening and the tank chamber.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2023Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Miyo Kitamura, Shinji Shimoyama, Keijiro Koide, Masahiro Kato, Tatsuya Kurimoto, Tatsuki Tanaka, Koji Sato, Takumi Tokinoya
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Patent number: 11975390Abstract: Provided are a method for producing indium tin oxide particles and a method for producing a curable composition, the methods including a step of obtaining a precursor solution including indium and tin by heating indium acetate and tin acetate in a solvent including a carboxylic acid and having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and a step of obtaining a reaction solution including indium tin oxide particles by dropwise adding the obtained precursor solution to a solvent having a hydroxy group and having 14 to 22 carbon atoms, which has a temperature of 230° C. to 320° C., in which an acetic acid concentration in the precursor solution is in a range of 0.5% by mass to 6% by mass.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Takata, Atsushi Tanaka
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Patent number: 11978326Abstract: The present disclosure appropriately encourages provision of a service according to a location or provision of a location according to a service. A controller of a server apparatus that is an information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure acquires, from an apparatus of a location provider, attribute information of a location that the location provider is able to provide. The controller acquires, from an apparatus of a service provider, attribute information of a service that the service provider is able to provide. The controller performs, at least one of transmission, to the apparatus of the location provider, of a notification encouraging rental of the location to the service provider and transmission, to the apparatus of the service provider, of a notification encouraging use of the location when the attribute information of the location and the attribute information of the service satisfy a predetermined condition.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuya Matsunami, Atsuko Yamanaka, Kunihiro Tsunekawa, Sokfan Yee, Masahiro Tanaka, Shuichiro Takahashi, Satoshi Nonoyama, Tokuyuki Nishikawa, Hikaru Satou
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Patent number: 11972391Abstract: The present disclosure makes it possible to further improve convenience of customers and the like accompanying purchase of merchandise. An autonomous traveling unit is provided with: a driving portion including an autonomous traveling ability, the driving portion being configured to be movable together with a storing portion configured to store merchandise; and a controlling portion configured to execute: acquiring settlement completion information about the merchandise stored in the storing portion, the merchandise being merchandise in a store; and controlling the driving portion to cause the merchandise storing portion to move to a first point outside the store after acquiring the settlement completion information.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuya Matsunami, Atsuko Yamanaka, Kunihiro Tsunekawa, Sokfan Yee, Masahiro Tanaka, Shuichiro Takahashi, Satoshi Nonoyama, Tokuyuki Nishikawa, Hikaru Satou
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Publication number: 20240133081Abstract: To provide a carbon fiber bundle capable of suppressing winding due to ring-shaped fuzzes, which occurs when the carbon fiber bundle is rolled out for advanced processing, and a production method for producing the same. Disclosed is a carbon fiber bundle wherein an average single-fiber diameter B is 6.9 to 11.0 ?m, a tensile modulus E of resin-impregnated strands is 230 to 310 GPa, the number of fuzzes inherent in the carbon fiber bundle is 40 fuzzes/m or less, and a proportion of fuzzes with a structure having a difference between skin and core is 1 to 25% of fuzzes inherent in the carbon fiber bundle. Such a carbon fiber bundle is preferably obtained by a method including, in a process of heat-treating a polyacrylonitrile-based precursor fiber bundle with a single-fiber fineness of 0.9 to 2.2 dtex in an oxidizing atmosphere at 200 to 300° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Kiminori ONO, Yuki SADO, Fumihiko TANAKA, Masahiro MATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20240131241Abstract: A blood purification apparatus includes a line section, a duplex pump, and a control unit. The line section includes a dialysate introduction line and a drain-liquid discharge line. The control unit is configured to execute a blood purification treatment process and a defatting washing process. The blood purification treatment process is executed when blood purification treatment is performed in which dialysate is delivered to a dialyzer. The dialysate is prepared by mixing an A-drug solution and a B-drug solution introduced into the line section and diluting the A-drug solution and the B-drug solution to predetermined concentrations. The defatting washing process is executed when defatting washing is performed in which oil and fat in the line section is removed by causing a sodium carbonate solution to flow through the line section. The sodium carbonate solution is obtained by heating the B-drug solution introduced into the line section.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: NIKKISO COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Satoru KAWARABAYASHI, Masahiro TOYODA, Kensaku TANAKA
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Publication number: 20240131818Abstract: A rubber-metal laminate includes: a metal sheet; a fluorinated rubber layer laminated on one surface or both surfaces of the metal sheet; and a surface-coating layer with which the fluorinated rubber layer is coated, wherein the surface-coating layer is a cured film obtained by curing of a coating film of a surface-coating agent containing a silicone emulsion, and the silicone emulsion is contained at 10 mass % or more in the surface-coating agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Masahiro YOKOO, Nobuaki TANAKA
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Publication number: 20240123129Abstract: A blood purification apparatus includes a line section, a duplex pump, and a control unit. The line section includes a dialysate introduction line and a drain-liquid discharge line. The control unit executes a blood purification treatment process and a defatting washing process. The blood purification treatment process is executed when blood purification treatment is performed in which dialysate is delivered to a dialyzer. The dialysate is prepared by diluting an A-drug solution and a B-drug solution. The defatting washing process is executed when defatting washing is performed where oil and fat in the line section is removed by causing a sodium carbonate solution obtained from the B-drug solution introduced into the line section to flow through the line section. The control unit uses a heating unit and a deaerator when executing a bicarbonate-solution-generating process where the sodium carbonate solution is generated by a predetermined amount while carbon dioxide is discharged.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: NIKKISO COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Satoru KAWARABAYASHI, Masahiro TOYODA, Kensaku TANAKA
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Patent number: 11957300Abstract: An information processing apparatus (2000) detects an abnormal region (30) from a moving image frame (14). The abnormal region (30) is a region that is estimated to represent an abnormal part inside a body of a subject. The information processing apparatus (2000) generates and outputs output information based on the number of detected abnormal regions (30).Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignees: NEC CORPORATION, NATIONAL CANCER CENTERInventors: Ikuma Takahashi, Maki Sano, Kimiyasu Takoh, Motoyasu Okutsu, Chiemi Tanaka, Masahiro Saikou, Hitoshi Imaoka, Kenichi Kamijo, Ryuji Hamamoto, Yutaka Saito, Masayoshi Yamada
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Publication number: 20240102957Abstract: In an electrochemical gas sensor (10), a first sensing element (21) is stored in a first storage portion (31). A moisture permeable film (24) is disposed in a first introduction inlet (31A) of the first storage portion (31). The moisture permeable film (24) substantially prevents a to-be-detected gas from permeating therethrough. A second sensing element (22) is disposed in a space into which water vapor and the to-be-detected gas contained in a target gas flow. In such a configuration, the electrochemical gas sensor (10) is capable of detecting a to-be-detected gas having a concentration of 0 or more and 1 ppm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2022Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Shinichiro KITO, Masayuki SEGAWA, Takahiro YOKOYAMA, Junya IMAIZUMI, Yuki MIZUTANI, Masahiro TANAKA, Yoshiko KUMAGAI
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Publication number: 20240077015Abstract: The present invention relates to a reservoir tank for coolant that stores the coolant for cooling an internal combustion engine. The reservoir tank includes: a tank chamber that stores the coolant; an opening, which is disposed in an upper part of the tank chamber, through which the coolant flows in and flows out, and in a circumferential wall of which a breathing hole is formed; and a first communication passage, a second communication passage, and a third communication passage that respectively communicate with the opening and the tank chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Miyo KITAMURA, Shinji SHIMOYAMA, Keijiro KOIDE, Masahiro KATO, Tatsuya KURIMOTO, Tatsuki TANAKA, Koji SATO, Takumi TOKINOYA
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Publication number: 20240076005Abstract: A vehicle, including: a body frame; a saddle-style seat provided on the body frame; a pair of front wheels provided at a front portion of the body frame; a pair of rear wheels provided at a rear portion of the body frame; an engine provided in the body frame and including a crank shaft extending in a width direction of the vehicle; and a footrest provided at the body frame and including a first step and a second step provided behind the first step and extending diagonally rearward. The crank shaft is located between an upper end and a lower end of the second step in a height direction of the vehicle, and further rearward than the second step in a fore-aft direction of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Masahiro YOSHIDA, Kensuke KAMADA, Tatsuya TANAKA
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Patent number: 11923218Abstract: A development processing apparatus includes: a substrate holder that holds a substrate horizontally wherein the substrate includes a resist film; a rotator that rotates the substrate holder; first and second developer supplies that supply a developer to the substrate; and a liquid receiver that receives the developer from the substrate. The first developer supply is formed to have a length smaller than a diameter of the substrate. The second developer supply is formed to have a length equal to or larger than the diameter of the substrate. The liquid receiver includes first and second annular walls that are formed in an annular shape having a circular opening having a diameter larger than the diameter of the substrate. The first and second annular walls are movable up and down independently of each other, and a vertical distance between the first annular wall and the second annular wall is variable.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Kouichirou Tanaka, Masahiro Fukuda
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Patent number: 11921082Abstract: A measuring device 1 according to the present disclosure measures a state of a solution L. The measuring device 1 includes a measuring unit 10 that outputs a measurement signal associated with the state of the solution L, a protection unit 20 attached to the measuring unit 10, and a controller 40 that obtains the information on the state of the solution L on the basis of a measurement signal output from the measuring unit 10. The measuring unit 10 has a first part P1 in a usable state that contributes to output of the measurement signal by coming into contact with the solution L, and a second part that is isolated from the solution L by the protection unit 20 and is in a standby state for measurement.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Kodai Murayama, Yoshiaki Tanaka, Kenji Oishi, Masahiro Hirase, Yuzuho Iga
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Publication number: 20240068837Abstract: A map update device includes a processor configured to identify one or more registered features within a predetermined distance of the position of a feature indicated by feature data received from a vehicle among individual registered features represented in map information, associate the feature indicated by the feature data with a registered feature of the same type as the feature indicated by the feature data or of a type belonging to the same group as the type of the feature among the one or more identified registered features, by referring to feature group information indicating two or more similar types among a plurality of types of the features as the same group, and update at least the position or type of a registered feature, based on the positions or types of the features indicated by the feature data associated with the registered feature.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: Woven by Toyota, Inc.Inventor: Masahiro TANAKA
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Patent number: 11914748Abstract: An apparatus for collecting data includes a memory that stores a vehicle identifier for identifying a vehicle; and a processor configured to associate, when a time of generation of data representing road environment around the vehicle is included in a first period, a first hash value with the data and to associate, when the time of generation is included in a second period different from the first period, a second hash value different from the first hash value with the data. The data is generated by a sensor mounted on the vehicle. The first hash value and the second hash value are obtained by irreversibly transforming the vehicle identifier.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masahiro Tanaka
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Publication number: 20240043060Abstract: A control device for a model car is provided. The control device comprises: a rotation sensor configured to detect a rotation number of a first wheel and a rotation number of a second wheel of a model car; and a controller configured to perform driving control of a driving source of the model car such that a rotation number difference between the first wheel and the second wheel is reduced when the rotation number difference is greater than or equal to a threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: MASAHIRO TANAKA, YUKIHIRO DOBASHI
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Publication number: 20240035850Abstract: A map information managing device to be mounted on a vehicle includes a processor configured to set an area represented in map information including information used for autonomous driving control, depending on the level of autonomous driving control applied to the vehicle and the position of the vehicle, and request a map server to deliver the map information of the set area, via a communication terminal mounted on the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: Woven by Toyota, Inc.Inventor: Masahiro TANAKA
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Patent number: 11842494Abstract: An apparatus for correcting a road region includes a processor configured to segment a road region extracted from an aerial image and representing a road into a plurality of partial road regions; associate, for each of the partial road regions, the partial road region with a road section existing at the location of the partial road region, the road section being indicated by map information indicating locations of respective road sections; and correct the road region so as to cover, for each of the partial road regions, the road section corresponding to the partial road region.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masahiro Tanaka
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Patent number: 11790628Abstract: An apparatus for generating a map identifies a lane line and a feature other than a lane line on a road from a first image of a predetermined location of the road taken downward from the sky; identifies the lane line and the feature from a second image representing the predetermined location of the road and made based on images taken by a camera provided for a vehicle; aligning the first images with the second images, based on the predetermined location; deforms the second image so that the feature in the second image best fits the feature in the first image; further deforms the second image in a direction perpendicular to the front-back direction of the road so that the position of the feature remains unchanged and that the positions of the lane lines in the first and second images match; and combines the first and deformed second images.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masahiro Tanaka