Patents by Inventor Masanori Sato

Masanori 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).

  • Patent number: 11979344
    Abstract: Provided is a communication device that determines a first wireless resource including a frequency for transmission of a same frame that is a frame of same data, a code of the same frame, and a time for transmission of the same frame on the basis of pattern information indicating a unique relationship between a frame number of the same frame and at least one of the frequency or the code. Further, the communication device repeatedly transmits the same frame by using the first wireless resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sawako Kiriyama, Masanori Sato
  • Patent number: 11976838
    Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes a casing provided with an air inlet through which air is sucked and an air outlet through which the air is blown out, heat exchangers being connected in parallel, and causing heat exchange to be performed between the air sucked from the air inlet and refrigerant, fans each sending the air to a corresponding one of the heat exchangers, and a controller. The controller controls the fans so that they have different rotational speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichi Nagata, Masanori Sato, Yusuke Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20240137240
    Abstract: [Object] To improve the reliability by using an acknowledgement response while using radio resources efficiently in multicast transmission over wireless transmission. [Solution] A plurality of wireless communication devices included in a multicast group, when receiving a data frame, transmit simultaneously an acknowledgement response of multicast using spatial multiplexing in response to an acknowledgement request from a transmission source. On the other hand, a wireless communication device of the transmission source decomposes the acknowledgement responses simultaneously received into the original individual acknowledgement responses and restores them using signal processing based on information on a channel with each wireless communication device of a transmission destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi ITAGAKI, Tomoya YAMAURA, Masanori SATO
  • Patent number: 11946408
    Abstract: Provided is a two-stroke internal combustion engine, including: a fuel injection valve configured to supply a fuel to a crank chamber; an intake passage configured to allow only air to be sucked thereinto under a negative pressure generated when a piston is actuated; and a scavenging passage that allows communication between the crank chamber and a combustion chamber. The intake passage is branched into a first intake passage and a second intake passage. The first intake passage communicates with the crank chamber. The second intake passage communicates with the scavenging passage. The fuel injection valve is configured to inject the fuel toward at least one of the first intake passage or the crank chamber. Further, air stagnant in the scavenging passage at end of air suction serves as leading air to contribute to scavenging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: YAMABIKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Noguchi, Genichi Sato, Masami Uchida
  • Patent number: 11933745
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an inspection apparatus includes a communication interface and a processor. The communication interface acquires package information regarding a package being conveyed by a sorter that sorts the package and an operation signal generated based on an operation of an operator. The processor outputs reference information, based on past history in which inspection-result information indicating whether or not the package is a regulated-article candidate, generated based on the operation signal, and the package information are associated together, and the package information newly acquired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yuka Watanabe, Takuma Akagi, Masanori Sato, Kenichi Shimoyama
  • Publication number: 20240074716
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an X-ray diagnosis apparatus includes a table, an imaging unit, and processing circuitry. The table includes a table top on which a subject is placed. The imaging unit includes an X-ray tube which emits X-rays to the subject and an X-ray detector which detects the X-rays. The processing circuitry detects contact between an object and at least one of the imaging unit and the table. The processing circuitry executes control to display contact position information relating to a position in contact with the object based on a detection result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke SUGAWARA, Saki HASHIMOTO, Masanori MATSUMOTO, Yoshiyuki SATO, Hisayuki UEHARA, Shingo ABE, Akio TETSUKA
  • Patent number: 11879677
    Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes a load-side heat exchanger including a first heat exchanger disposed on a windward of a second heat exchanger in a direction of an air flow generated by an air-sending device. The air flow passing through the first heat exchanger passes through a second heat exchanger. During cooling operation, a bypass valve causes a part of refrigerant flowing through a first refrigerant pipe to flow through a coupling pipe through a bypass pipe. During heating operation, the bypass valve blocks a flow of the refrigerant flowing from the coupling pipe toward the first refrigerant pipe through the bypass pipe, and causes all of the refrigerant flowing through the coupling pipe to flow from the coupling pipe to the first heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akinori Sakabe, Masanori Sato, Naoki Nakagawa, Atsushi Kawashima
  • Patent number: 11876636
    Abstract: [Object] To improve the reliability by using an acknowledgement response while using radio resources efficiently in multicast transmission over wireless transmission. [Solution] A plurality of wireless communication devices included in a multicast group, when receiving a data frame, transmit simultaneously an acknowledgement response of multicast using spatial multiplexing in response to an acknowledgement request from a transmission source. On the other hand, a wireless communication device of the transmission source decomposes the acknowledgement responses simultaneously received into the original individual acknowledgement responses and restores them using signal processing based on information on a channel with each wireless communication device of a transmission destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Itagaki, Tomoya Yamaura, Masanori Sato
  • Patent number: 11854767
    Abstract: A measuring method includes placing a substrate on an electrostatic chuck disposed inside a chamber, attracting the substrate onto the electrostatic chuck, generating plasma inside the chamber, detecting an amount of light reflected at the substrate by light emission of the plasma, and calculating a natural frequency of the substrate based on the amount of light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventor: Masanori Sato
  • Publication number: 20230247634
    Abstract: [Object] Provided is a communication apparatus that performs radio communication of data without exchanging control information in advance. [Solving Means] A communication apparatus includes: a communication unit that transmits and receives a radio signal; a determination unit that determines a radio resource to be used by the communication unit; and a control unit that controls an operation of transmitting and receiving a radio signal by the communication unit on the basis of the radio resource determined by the determination unit, in which the determination unit determines a radio resource used for transmission of a radio signal according to a radio resource determination rule corresponding to a desired transmission period, and the control unit performs control so that the radio signal is transmitted from the communication unit at the desired transmission period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: MASANORI SATO, SAWAKO KIRIYAMA, KOJI KAKINUMA
  • Patent number: 11658012
    Abstract: A control method includes: (a) connecting a power supply to an electrode of an electrostatic chuck inside a chamber and applying a voltage from the power supply to the electrode; (b) after (a), switching a connection between the electrode and the power supply to a non-connection state; (c) after (b), supplying a gas into the chamber to generate plasma; and (d) measuring a potential of the electrode during (c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Arakane, Tetsu Tsunamoto, Masanori Sato, Yoshinori Osaki
  • Publication number: 20230067007
    Abstract: A refrigeration cycle device includes: a refrigerant circuit which circulates a mixed refrigerant containing at least CF3I and HFO1123, the RC including a compressor, an expansion valve, an indoor heat exchanger, an outdoor heat exchanger and a refrigerant reservoir; an injection pipe having a first end at a first height within the refrigerant reservoir and a second end connected to the compressor; and an injection valve included in the injection pipe. The CF3I has the greatest fluid density among refrigerants contained in the mixed refrigerant. The first height is higher than a height at which an end of a refrigerant pipe, other than the injection pipe, is located within the refrigerant reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Masanori SATO, Takumi NISHIYAMA, Kenta MURATA
  • Publication number: 20230064309
    Abstract: An electrostatic chuck for electrostatically attracting a substrate includes: a chuck body formed of first ceramic particles and having a substrate-facing surface facing the substrate attracted to the electrostatic chuck; and a plurality of convex portions formed on the substrate-facing surface of the chuck body, wherein each of the plurality of convex portions excluding at least a tip-side layer is formed of second ceramic particles having a major axis diameter of 20 ?m or more and 2,000 ?m or less and has a porosity of 0.1% or more and 1.0% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Masanori SATO, Atsushi KAWABATA
  • Publication number: 20220397318
    Abstract: A flow path switch is provided with a first opening to a fourth opening. A discharge side of a compressor is connected to the first opening. A first end of a first heat exchange unit is connected to the fourth opening. A first end of the second inner flow path is connected to the second opening. A first branching portion is connected to a first end of the second valve and the third opening. When an operation mode of an air conditioning apparatus is a first mode, the second valve is open, the first opening is connected to the fourth opening, and the second opening is connected to the third opening. When the operation mode of the air conditioning apparatus is a second mode, the second valve is closed, the first opening is connected to the third opening, and the second opening is connected to the fourth opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Masanori SATO, Wahei SHINGU
  • Publication number: 20220397301
    Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes a casing provided with an air inlet through which air is sucked and an air outlet through which the air is blown out, a plurality of heat exchangers being connected in parallel, and causing heat exchange to be performed between the air sucked from the air inlet and refrigerant, a plurality of fans each sending the air to a corresponding one of the plurality of heat exchangers, and a controller configured to control the plurality of fans so that they have different rotational speeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Ryuichi NAGATA, Masanori SATO, Yusuke TASHIRO
  • Publication number: 20220369294
    Abstract: There is provided a communication device that determines a wireless resource for a downlink without performing signaling between a base station and a terminal. A communication device includes a communication unit that transmits and receives a wireless signal, and a wireless resource determination unit that determines a wireless resource used for transmission and reception. The wireless resource determination unit determines, in a communication system including a base station and a terminal, on the basis of a common rule between the base station and the terminal, a plurality of candidates for the wireless resource to be used for downlink communication in the slot for each terminal, and then selects the plurality of candidates for each terminal one by one in such a manner that wireless resources do not overlap between the terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: KOJI KAKINUMA, SAWAKO KIRIYAMA, MASANORI SATO
  • Patent number: 11489688
    Abstract: [Object] To improve the reliability by using an acknowledgement response while using radio resources efficiently in multicast transmission over wireless transmission. [Solution] A plurality of wireless communication devices included in a multicast group, when receiving a data frame, transmit simultaneously an acknowledgement response of multicast using spatial multiplexing in response to an acknowledgement request from a transmission source. On the other hand, a wireless communication device of the transmission source decomposes the acknowledgement responses simultaneously received into the original individual acknowledgement responses and restores them using signal processing based on information on a channel with each wireless communication device of a transmission destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Itagaki, Tomoya Yamaura, Masanori Sato
  • Patent number: 11478934
    Abstract: There is provided a method and an apparatus for controlling a robot arm. In this control scheme, a position error indicating a deviation between a command position, which is a control target position, and a current position, which is a position where the arm of the robot is currently located, is acquired. When the acquired position error exceeds a threshold, a new corrected command position between the current position and the command position is set. After the arm of the robot is moved to the corrected command position, a new corrected command position reset between the corrected command position serving as a new current position and the command position. Reconfiguration of a corrected command position is iterated until a current position of the robot arm becomes equal to the command position so that movement of the robot arm is achieved from the current position to the command position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Masanori Sato, Yuto Kawachi
  • Patent number: 11472027
    Abstract: There is provided a robot control apparatus that controls a vertical articulated robot and is suitable for direct teaching. In the apparatus, an axis setting section sets operation axes and control axes from among the axes subjected to angle control, when performing the direct teaching of changing a position of the arm tip, while retaining a posture thereof at a target posture. The operation axes can be dominant factors when determining the position of the arm tip and are allowed to freely move according to an external force, and the control axes can be dominant factors when determining the posture of the arm tip and are controlled by an angle control section. When performing the direct teaching, the angle control section receives an input of current angles of the operation axes and the target posture to calculate command angles of the respective control axes according to inverse kinematics calculation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Masanori Sato, Yuto Kawachi
  • Patent number: 11462431
    Abstract: A discharging method of removing electric charge from a substrate is provided. In the discharging method, gas is supplied into a processing chamber while the substrate is placed on an electrostatic chuck provided in the processing chamber, and direct-current (DC) voltage is applied to an attracting electrode of the electrostatic chuck, until discharge occurs in the processing chamber. After the discharge occurs, the DC voltage is adjusted to a magnitude in which an amount of charge on the substrate becomes zero or becomes in a neighborhood of zero, and the substrate is removed from the electrostatic chuck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Arakane, Tetsu Tsunamoto, Yoshinori Osaki, Masanori Sato