Patents by Inventor Masashi Tanaka

Masashi 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).

  • Publication number: 20240141622
    Abstract: A work machine control method includes acquiring a captured image of a monitored area around a work machine, causing an overhead image based on the captured image to be displayed in a first display region, and causing at least part of a specific image to be displayed in a second display region. The first display region is a region that is part of a display screen displayed on a display device and that has a shape obtained by cutting out, as a cutout region, a portion of the display screen in a circumferential direction as viewed from an own machine reference position that corresponds to a position of the work machine in plan view. The second display region is a region that is part of the display screen and that is located in the cutout region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Danguchi, Katashi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20240132311
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a transport section that transports a recording material, a grasping section that grasps a remaining situation of a recording material remaining in a transport path through which the recording material is transported by the transport section, a reception section that receives, from a user, an input of the number of removed sheets of recording material removed from the transport path by the user in a case where the transport of the recording material by the transport section is stopped, and a start section that starts the stopped transport by the transport section based on the number of removed sheets input by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shinya HARADA, Kenichi MIYAZAKI, Masashi HARA, Hitoshi KOMATSU, Ryoji KAWAGUCHI, Tomoyasu TANAKA, Daiji KATO
  • Patent number: 11968333
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording medium includes: an image former that forms an image on a recording medium and is capable of forming an image for diagnosis, which is an image used for diagnosis of the image forming apparatus; an image reader that reads the image for diagnosis formed on a recording medium; and a processor configured to change at least one of a reading condition under which the image reader reads the image for diagnosis and a processing condition under which a read image obtained by the reading is processed in accordance with a mode of diagnosis of the image forming apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shinya Miyamori, Yuki Tanaka, Shinsuke Sugi, Junichiro Mori, Masashi Morimoto
  • Patent number: 11962605
    Abstract: A storage processing unit configured to store, in a storage unit, first data output by a device or any one of multiple devices in association with first context information related to the first data, and a determining unit configured to obtain second context information related to second data in a case where the second data is received from the device or any one of the multiple devices, and determine whether an analysis of the received second data is necessary based on the received second data and the obtained second context information and based on the first data and the first context information stored in the storage unit, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuma Koyama, Keita Hasegawa, Yasushi Okano, Masashi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20240104268
    Abstract: A calculation method reduces a bit-width of an Ising model, the Ising model being expressed in terms of a plurality of spins, interaction coefficients between the plurality of spins, and external magnetic field coefficients acting respectively on the plurality of spins. The calculation method includes: adding an auxiliary spin to the Ising model; and setting a new interaction coefficient between the auxiliary spin and at least one of the plurality of spins to obtain a new Ising model, thereby reducing a bit-width of at least one of the interaction coefficients between the plurality of spins and the external magnetic field coefficients acting respectively on the plurality of spins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Nozomu TOGAWA, Masashi TAWADA, Daisuke OKU, Shu TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11942685
    Abstract: A first antenna, a second antenna, and a waveguide structure are housed in a single cabinet. An operating frequency of the second antenna is higher than an operating frequency of the first antenna. The second antenna is an array antenna including a plurality of radiating elements. The waveguide structure is present outside a range of a half-value angle of a main beam as viewed from the first antenna, includes a unit waveguide disposed in a route of a radio wave received by the second antenna, and further attenuates a radio wave with the operating frequency of the first antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Ueda, Yasuhisa Yamamoto, Masashi Omuro, Kazunari Kawahata, Satoshi Tanaka, Ryuken Mizunuma
  • Publication number: 20240097441
    Abstract: A management system includes a plurality of resources configured to be electrically connected to an external power supply, and a management device configured to manage the resources. The management device includes a planning unit and a management unit. The planning unit is configured to determine a power balancing plan of each of the resources by using first information on a use schedule of each of the resources and second information indicating a magnitude of an environmental load in a process of generating electric power to be supplied by the external power supply. The management unit is configured to manage the resources to cause each of the resources to operate according to the power balancing plan or a modified power balancing plan in power balancing of the external power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CHUBU ELECTRIC POWER MIRAIZ CO., INC., CHUBU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventors: Yusuke HORII, Eiko Megan UCHIDA, Masashi TANAKA, Masato EHARA, Sachio TOYORA, Tomoya TAKAHASHI, Akinori MORISHIMA, Takuji MATSUBARA, Tohru NAKAMURA, Ryou TAKAHASHI, Kenta ITO, Toshiki SUZUKI, Atsushi MIYASHITA, Takashi OCHIAI
  • Patent number: 11931231
    Abstract: A plurality of folding units is arranged in a circumferential direction of a drum that rotates about an axis. Each of the folding units includes: a pad for holding one part of a workpiece on a pad surface; a first folding member and a second folding member each having a folding surface for folding a different part of the workpiece so as to stack the different part over the one part; and a pivot shaft arranged parallel to the pad surface. The first folding member, the second folding member, and the pivot shaft are configured to be rotated together until the folding surface reaches a facing position and a facing posture at which the folding surface faces the pad surface. The pivot shaft is configured to be displaced in a diameter direction of the drum crossing the pad surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: ZUIKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Ouchi, Yasutaka Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20240083023
    Abstract: A robot control device acquires an actual value of a position and a posture of a robot and an actual value of an external force applied to the robot, executes a robot model including a state transition model that, based on the actual value of the position and the posture at a certain time and an action command that can be given to the robot, calculates a predicted value of the position and the posture of the robot, and an external force model that calculates a predicted value of an external force applied to the robot, calculates a reward based on an error of the position and the posture and the predicted value of the external force, generates and gives a plurality of candidates for the action command to the robot model for each control cycle, based on a reward calculated corresponding to each of the plurality of candidates for the action command, determines an action command that maximizes a reward, and updates the external force model so as to reduce a difference between the predicted value of the external f
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Hamaya, Kazutoshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11924384
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: acquire a read image resulting from reading a recording medium where a diagnostic image to be used to diagnose an image forming apparatus is formed; acquire, from the read image, an image read portion of the recording medium from which the diagnostic image is read and one specific portion of a non-formation read portion, the non-formation read portion resulting from reading a non-formation portion of the recording medium where the diagnostic image is not formed; and output the image read portion and the one specific portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yuki Tanaka, Shinya Miyamori, Masashi Morimoto, Shinsuke Sugi, Kyotaro Tomoda, Tomokazu Sugata
  • Publication number: 20240036501
    Abstract: A heating apparatus includes a heater, a holding member, and a heat equalization member. In a case where a direction of a long side of a first surface of the heater is defined as a longitudinal direction, a direction of the first surface perpendicular to the longitudinal direction is defined as a transverse direction, and a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and the transverse direction is defined as a thickness direction, the heat equalization member is between the heater and the holding member in the thickness direction and includes, in the longitudinal direction, first and second abutment regions that abut against the heater and a first non-abutment region that does not abut against the heater. The first abutment region, the first non-abutment region, and the second abutment region are arranged in this order as viewed from one end toward another end of the heater in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: MASASHI TANAKA, SHINGO ITO
  • Publication number: 20240015047
    Abstract: A mobile body including an apparatus and an information processing device, wherein the information processing device includes an acquisition unit that acquires a first signal and a second signal that are transmitted from the apparatus; and a determination unit that determines a relevance between the first signal and the second signal on the basis of a first spectrum of a frequency component of the first signal and a second spectrum of a frequency component of the second signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Yasushi OKANO, Masashi TANAKA, Takuma KOYAMA, Masaru MATSUBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20240006781
    Abstract: A locator of a connector is attached to a shell so that it is moveable from a first position to a second position. The shell is made of metal, and each of side wall portions thereof is provided with a first aperture and a second aperture. The locator is provided with protruding portions. When the locator is positioned at the first position, each of the protruding portions is in the first aperture. When the locator is positioned at the second position, the protruding portion is in the second aperture. The shell is made of metal, so that it has predetermined strength even if the first aperture and the second aperture are provided therein. Since the first aperture and the second aperture pierce the side wall portion in a width direction, the protruding portions of the locator are visible. Thus, a position of the locator can be grasped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Masashi TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11863574
    Abstract: A storage processing unit configured to store, in a storage unit, first data output by a device or any one of multiple devices in association with a first feature context related to the first data, and an analyzing unit configured to obtain a second feature context related to second data in a case where the second data is received from the device or any one of the multiple devices, and analyze an anomaly of the received second data based on the received second data and the obtained second feature context and based on the first data and the first feature context stored in the storage unit, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keita Hasegawa, Takuma Koyama, Yasushi Okano, Masashi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11856006
    Abstract: There is provided an abnormal communication detection apparatus capable of reducing over-detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuma Koyama, Yasushi Okano, Masashi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11841655
    Abstract: A fixing device includes a heating rotating member having a conductive layer and an exposed portion in which the conductive layer is partially exposed, and a roller including a metal core and an elastic portion, the roller forming a nip portion with the heating rotating member, the elastic portion being elastically deformed in a region where the nip portion is formed, wherein an annular conductive member provided in a longitudinal end portion of the metal core is in contact with the exposed portion of the heating rotating member while elastically deformed, and wherein in a state where the roller is not mounted to the fixing device, an outer diameter of the conductive member is smaller than an outer diameter of the elastic portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kensuke Umeda, Masashi Tanaka, Shoichiro Ikegami, Sho Taguchi, Ai Suzuki, Hikaru Osada, Toru Imaizumi
  • Publication number: 20230356271
    Abstract: To save washing water, a container washing facility for washing an inner surface of a can (2) before the can (2) is filled with a material includes a conveyor (9) that conveys the can (2) at least in a posture of being inverted with an opening (2a) of the can (2) facing downward, a cleaning air jetting unit (10) located along a conveying path of the can (2) conveyed by the conveyor (9) to jet cleaning air to the inner surface of the can (2) through the opening (2a) of the can (2) while the can (2) is being conveyed, and a washing water jetting unit (11) located along the conveying path of the can (2) conveyed by the conveyor (9) to jet washing water to the inner surface of the can (2) through the opening (2a) of the can (2) while the can (2) is being conveyed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Naohiko Ogawa, Masashi Tanaka, Takashi Inoue, Toshiki Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 11809112
    Abstract: Provided is an image heating device that heats an image in a nip portion, including: a film; a heater; a roller that forms the nip portion with the film; a backup member; regulating members that regulate a movement of the film and move along with the backup member; and a frame that includes a guide portion to insert the regulating members and a shaft of the roller. The roller includes an elastic layer that is deformed by being pressed from a side which the film is placed, such that a distance between a rotation axis of the roller and the nip portion decreases, and that a volume of the elastic layer decreases. The guide portion guides so that the regulating members move more to a downstream side in a conveying direction of the recording material as the regulating members approach the rotation axis of the roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hikaru Osada, Masashi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20230352865
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a high-speed transmission device includes a substrate, a control device on the substrate, a first connector, a second connector; and a cable assembly between the first connector and the second connector. The first connector is disposed at a position near the control device on the substrate and electrically connected to the control device via the substrate. The second connector is disposed at a position away from the control device on the substrate and equipped with an apparatus for transmitting / receiving a signal to and from the control device. The cable assembly includes a cable row, a paddle card substrate and a first conductive resin cover. Cables each transmitting a differential signal are arranged side by side in the cable row. The cables each comprise an internal conductor and an external conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Toshiyasu ITO, Osamu SHIMIZU, Yoshihide KUROKI, Keita NOZAWA, Masashi TANAKA, Hiroaki KURIBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230327956
    Abstract: Provided is a network configuration estimation device for estimating configuration information of an internal network in a target device. The network configuration estimation device includes a processor; and a memory that includes instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to execute the following steps: transmitting a message to an electronic control unit on the internal network by using a diagnostic communication method supported in a standard manner in the electronic control unit on the internal network and receiving a response to the message; and estimating the configuration information of the internal network based on the obtained response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Masaru MATSUBAYASHI, Takuma KOYAMA, Yasushi OKANO, Masashi TANAKA