Patents by Inventor Masato Suzuki

Masato Suzuki 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: 20240153640
    Abstract: An information processing system includes: a machine learning model learned using learning data including two or more types of modal information acquired from a patient or a subject; a setting unit that sets input data to be used as input to the machine learning model from the learning data; and an output unit that inputs the input data to the machine learning model and outputs an estimation result of efficacy of a medicine or a health condition for the patient or the subject, in which the setting unit sets the input data on the basis of the degree of influence given to estimation of a diagnosis result at the time of learning of the machine learning model, the degree of influence given by each piece of the modal information included in the learning data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeatsu YOSHIOKA, Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Takeshi KUNIHIRO, Yohei KOBAYASHI, Shiori SASADA, Yugo KATSUKI, Kenji SUZUKI, Masato ISHII
  • Publication number: 20240149550
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a sandwich structure that achieves both excellent heat radiation and excellent mechanical characteristics. To this end, the sandwich structure according to the present invention has the following configuration. That is, the sandwich structure has a core material (I) and fiber-reinforced materials (II) arranged on both surfaces of the core material (I), wherein at least one of the fiber-reinforced materials (II) includes a sheet-shaped heat conduction material (III) having an in-plane heat conduction ratio of 300 W/m·K or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takafumi SUZUKI, Takumi HONDA, Masato HONMA
  • Patent number: 11971571
    Abstract: An optical fiber according to an embodiment has a structure capable of reducing an increase in transmission loss. The optical fiber includes a glass part extending in a direction of a central axis, and the glass part is comprised of silica-based glass, includes a core and a cladding, and has residual stress approximately uniform throughout a cross section of the glass part orthogonal to the central axis, the core having the central axis and being doped with chlorine with a mass fraction of 1% or more, the cladding surrounding the core and having a refractive index lower than a maximum refractive index of the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Sakuma, Yuki Kawaguchi, Masato Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11973309
    Abstract: In a semiconductor chip manufacturing device which produces a plurality of LD chips by dividing a semiconductor wafer, being placed in a casing in which a fluid medium is filled, on which a block line is formed in advance and also on which a scribed line is inscribed so that a microcrack is formed along the scribed line, the semiconductor chip manufacturing device comprises a reception stage for supporting the semiconductor wafer, and a blade cutting-edge for pressurizing the semiconductor wafer along its crack portion made of the block line or the scribed line, so that the semiconductor wafer is divided into a plurality of LD chips by pressurizing it by means of the blade cutting-edge along the crack portion in the fluid medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Uetsuji, Ayumi Fuchida, Masato Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11963772
    Abstract: A system includes: a light source that emits pulsed light that illuminates a user's head portion; a photodetector that detects at least part of pulsed light returning from the head portion and that outputs one or more signals corresponding to an intensity of the at least part; electrical circuitry; and a memory that stores an emotion model indicating a relationship between the one or more signals and emotions. Based on a change in the one or more signals, the electrical circuitry selects an emotion by referring to the model. The one or more signals include a first signal corresponding to an intensity of first part of the reflection pulsed light and a second signal corresponding to an intensity of second part of the reflection pulsed light. The first part incudes part before a falling period is started; and the second part includes at least part in the falling period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Suzuki, Takamasa Ando
  • Patent number: 11967814
    Abstract: An electrical junction box includes a housing, a bus bar, a nut, and an insulating cap. A through hole of the housing has a first end side and a second end side, and the first end side is opened in a bus bar placement surface of the housing. The bus bar is placed on the bus bar placement surface and is fixed to the housing such that a first bolt hole of the bus bar and the through hole communicate with each other. The cap is attached to the housing. A terminal having a second bolt hole is fixed to the bus bar by fastening a bolt inserted into the second bolt hole and the first bolt hole in this order to the nut so as to sandwich the bus bar and the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Munezuka, Masayo Matsuura, Eisuke Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20240102216
    Abstract: A wet-laid nonwoven fabric sheet includes at least three types of thermoplastic fibers having different fiber diameters, in which the wet-laid nonwoven fabric sheet has a fiber diameter ratio (R/r) of a fiber diameter R of a fiber having a maximum fiber diameter to a fiber diameter r of a fiber having a minimum fiber diameter of 30?R/r?150, an average pore size of 0.10 ?m to 15 ?m, and a maximum frequency of a pore size distribution of 70% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Kosuke Hamada, Norio Suzuki, Masato Masuda
  • Patent number: 11939665
    Abstract: A film thickness measurement apparatus includes: a stage that places a substrate having a film formed thereon and measures a thickness of the film in-situ in a film forming apparatus; a film thickness meter including a light emitter that emits light toward the substrate disposed on the stage and a light receiving sensor that receives the light reflected by the substrate for measuring the thickness of the film in-situ; a moving mechanism including a multi-joint arm that moves an irradiation point of the light on the substrate; a distance meter that measures a distance between the light receiving sensor and the irradiation point on the substrate; and a distance adjustor that adjusts the distance between the light receiving sensor and the irradiation point on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMTED
    Inventors: Masato Shinada, Tamaki Takeyama, Kazunaga Ono, Naoyuki Suzuki, Hiroaki Chihaya, Einstein Noel Abarra
  • 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: 11927225
    Abstract: A sliding spline shaft device of the present invention includes a male spline and a female spline that is fitted to the male spline in an axially slidable manner, and at least one of the splines has a surface processed layer. The surface processed layer includes an undercoat layer, an intermediate layer containing phosphate, and a topcoat layer containing solid lubricant, in this order. The undercoat layer contains iron nitride and/or iron carbide. Thus, the surface of a base material has high hardness. As a result, microscopic deformation of the sliding surface is reduced, and increase in a real contact area is suppressed, whereby stick-slip is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., NIHON PARKERIZING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigetoshi Kashiwabara, Kunio Katada, Shunsuke Hiraiwa, Akihumi Kawaguchi, Takeo Nishijima, Shinichi Suzuki, Yasuyuki Katsumada, Makoto Nakajima, Tokunori Kodama, Masato Ito, Aiki Iwasa
  • Patent number: 11916397
    Abstract: A combined electric power generations' supply system includes an AC power generator that supplies power by off grid independent operation, a DC power supply device, an inverter that converts DC power output by the DC power supply device into AC power. The rotation calculation unit calculates a value relating to a rotation of a rotor when driving the virtual power generator according to an active power command based on a rotor model calculates a value relating to the rotation of the rotor of the virtual power generator and the active power command. The output determination unit determines values relating to an active power and a reactive power to be output to the inverter based on the calculated value relating to the rotation. The modulation control unit performs control of a pulse width modulation of the inverter based on the determined value relating to the active power and reactive power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Nakakita, Masayuki Tanaka, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Hirotaka Uehara, Masato Mitsuhashi, Fujio Eguchi
  • Publication number: 20240017554
    Abstract: A printing device includes a head in which a plurality of nozzles configured to form dots by ejecting liquid onto a medium are arranged in a first direction, a first scanning section that performs a first scan, a second scanning section on which the head is mounted, the second scanning section and the medium moving relatively in a second direction, and a control section that causes the head to form the dots that are longer in the second direction than in the first direction, based on a pixel data group, wherein when printing is executed based on a pixel data group in which the first resolution is smaller than the second resolution, the control section offsets at least a part of the pixel columns from other pixel columns in the first direction by a predetermined distance that is less than an inverse number of the first resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventor: Masato SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11841529
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an optical fiber or the like that can be adapted to an optical transceiver for a short wavelength band of 850 nm or more and 1060 nm or less while maintaining compatibility with an SMF of the related art. An optical fiber of one embodiment includes a core, a cladding, and a resin coating, and has a mode field diameter of 8.2 ?m or more and 9.6 ?m or less at a wavelength of 1310 nm, a cable cutoff wavelength of an LP11 mode of 1060 nm or more and 1260 nm or less, and a cable cutoff wavelength of an LP02 mode of 1060 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takemi Hasegawa, Yuki Kawaguchi, Masato Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20230395831
    Abstract: A fuel cell device includes: a fuel cell; and a controller configured to provide a notification to a user and to control a first electronic device configured to make hot water that is heated with exhaust heat of the fuel cell be discharged in response to an operation of the user, in which the controller is configured to, when the fuel cell is in an inactive state, make the first electronic device display a notification that the fuel cell is inactive, and is configured to, when the fuel cell is not reactivated after display of the notification and the user operates the first electronic device, make the first electronic device provide a notification with at least one of a warning sound and warning display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Masato SUZUKI, Michitada OKADA
  • Publication number: 20230374713
    Abstract: Provided is a washing machine including a main body having an opening and a door assembly disposed at the opening, wherein the door assembly includes a door that opens and closes the opening and an auxiliary washing unit having an auxiliary washing space in which hand-washing can be performed, and provided to pivot about one side of the door in an inside of the door. Through this configuration, separated washing spaces can be provided and separate hand-washing can be performed. Also, pressure of washing water supplied into the washing machine can be regulated so that water supply efficiency can be improved and a flow rate of the washing water can be adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Hyung KIM, Hyun Mook KIM, Yong Kwon WON, Masato SUZUKI, Mitsuhiro SHIGERI, Young Sun SHIN, Goan Su JUNG, Amitoj SINGH, Gyu Woo KIM
  • Patent number: 11801907
    Abstract: A three-wheeler including two front wheels and a rear wheel, left and right seats, a steering mechanism steering the front wheels, an electric motor generating a torque by electrical energy, a power transmission mechanism transmitting the torque to the front wheels, and a body frame. A center of gravity of the three-wheeler is more frontward than a front end of the two seats and than a middle point of the wheelbase, and is more rearward than a front end of the electric energy storage device. The seats is, in a top view, partially in a triangle area that has a center of each of the front wheels and the rear wheel as vertices. The electric energy storage device, in the top view, overlaps a foot-resting area and is partially in the triangle area. The electric energy storage device is between the two front wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masato Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11796953
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprises an accommodating unit that accommodates recording materials and has a regulating plate that regulates a trailing edge of the recording material in a feeding direction, detects a recording material fed from the accommodating unit, and measures time from a predetermined timing until a recording material is detected. An information processing apparatus receives time data obtained by a measuring unit from the image forming apparatus, classifies a plurality of time data received from a reception unit into a first group and a second group in accordance with a length of time, and determines using time data included in the first group and the time data included in the second group whether a position of the regulating plate is misaligned in relation to a reference position that corresponds to a size of the recording material accommodated on the accommodating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke Momiyama, Takashi Yano, Hidehiro Ushiozu, Masato Suzuki, Tomoki Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 11794263
    Abstract: A power supply device for an electric discharge machine includes a DC power supply which is connected in parallel to an electrode gap, a plurality of switching elements which are in parallel to each other and which are arranged between the electrode gap and the DC power supply, a current value acquisition unit for acquiring a value of a current, and an ON-OFF control unit which, during the time when the current value reaches a predetermined value until the time when the current starts to fall, sets a cycle for switching the plurality of switching elements from off to on to the same cycle, switches the plurality of switching elements from off to on in a predetermined order for each timing of a phase of 90°, which is 360° divided by the number of the plurality of switching elements, sets an ON-period of each of the plurality of switching elements based on a difference between the value of the current and the predetermined value, and performs ON-OFF control of the plurality of switching elements based on the cyc
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: MAKINO MILLING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Suzuki, Naoto Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20230307394
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a first wafer and a second wafer. The first wafer and the second wafer include memory regions, and kerf regions including a first region and a second region. The first wafer includes a semiconductor substrate, and electrodes. The electrodes are not disposed in the first region, or the semiconductor substrate has a surface on a side of the second wafer including a first portion disposed in the first region and a second portion, and the first portion is farther from the second wafer than the second portion. The second wafer includes layers including conductive layers. At least parts of the layers each include a third portion disposed in the second region and a fourth portion. The third portion is farther than the first wafer than the fourth portion. The first region does not overlap with the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventor: Masato SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11753759
    Abstract: Provided is a washing machine including a main body having an opening and a door assembly disposed at the opening, wherein the door assembly includes a door that opens and closes the opening and an auxiliary washing unit having an auxiliary washing space in which hand-washing can be performed, and provided to pivot about one side of the door in an inside of the door. Through this configuration, separated washing spaces can be provided and separate hand-washing can be performed. Also, pressure of washing water supplied into the washing machine can be regulated so that water supply efficiency can be improved and a flow rate of the washing water can be adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Hyung Kim, Hyun Mook Kim, Yong Kwon Won, Masato Suzuki, Mitsuhiro Shigeri, Young Sun Shin, Goan Su Jung, Amitoj Singh, Gyu Woo Kim