Patents by Inventor Masayuki Sato

Masayuki 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: 11465372
    Abstract: A dry tape material for fiber placement includes a plurality of reinforcing fiber strands that satisfy (i) to (iii): (i) the reinforcing fiber strand has thicknesses T1 and T3 at both ends in a width direction of a section of the reinforcing fiber strand, and both T1 and T3 are 50 to 200% relative to a thickness T2 at a central portion of the reinforcing fiber strand, (ii) the reinforcing fiber strand has a number of filaments N and a width W that satisfy a relationship of 4.8<N/W<12, and (iii) the reinforcing fiber strand has a form kept by a first resin material having a glass transition temperature Tg or a melting point Tm of 40° C. to 200° C., the first resin material being heat-meltable, wherein the plurality of reinforcing fiber strands are bound and integrated with each other by a second resin material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Shingo Miura, Masayuki Sato
  • Publication number: 20220306141
    Abstract: Provided is a driving support device which can perform an effective warning to occupants of the vehicle in order to avoid collision between one's own vehicle and another vehicle. A driving support device 11 includes: an acoustic device 91; an outside-world information acquisition unit 40; a relative distance measurement unit 201 which measures the relative distance from another vehicle 300 traveling ahead of the vehicle 1 based on the outside-world information acquired by the outside-world information acquisition unit 40; and a music control unit 202 which control music outputted by an acoustic device 91, in which the music control unit 202 modulates the tone of music according to the relative distance, in the case of the relative distance becoming no more than a first predetermined distance D1, in a state of outputting music by the acoustic device 91.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Yuki MURAYAMA, Takashi NISHIOKA, Masayuki SATO, Tomoko NISHINO, Kazuasa SUZUKI, Yuya KISHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220309839
    Abstract: A driving support device is provided which can evaluate the driving skill of a driver, and improve the driving skill of the driver. A driving support device 11 includes: a peripheral information acquisition unit 40; an outside-world detection unit 201; a driving status detection unit 202; a driving evaluation unit 203 which decides a driving evaluation indicating the driving skill of the driver of the vehicle 1, based on the outside-world detection result of detecting the predetermined target and the driving status; a voice output device 91 which notifies the driver of the driving evaluation result indicating the result of driving evaluation; and a notification control unit 204 which notifies the driver by way of the notification unit of the outside-world detection result or driving status based on the driving evaluation result, when the driving evaluation improves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Yuya KISHIMOTO, Takashi NISHIOKA, Masayuki SATO, Tomoko NISHINO, Yuki MURAYAMA, Kazuasa SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20220308820
    Abstract: A vehicle control device comprises: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information of outside brightness of the vehicle; and a control unit configured to control, based on the outside brightness, luminance of a plurality of display areas including a first display area displayed by a first display unit for displaying a situation of the vehicle and a second display area displayed by a second display unit for displaying a situation of the vehicle, the second display area being displayed below the first display area, wherein when the outside brightness is higher than a first threshold, the control unit suppresses luminance of the first display area in accordance with a decrease in the outside brightness, and when the outside brightness is equal to or lower than the first threshold, suppresses luminance of the second display area in accordance with the decrease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi NOJIRI, Takahiro MATSUOKA, Masayuki SATO, Ryo SHIMOE
  • Publication number: 20220299599
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a transmission antenna that transmits a transmission wave, a reception antenna that receives a reflected wave that is the transmission wave having been reflected, and a control unit that detects a target by using a constant false alarm rate, based on a transmission signal transmitted as the transmission wave and a reception signal received as the reflected wave. The control unit sets a test region and at least one or more reference regions with respect to the test region in a distribution of signal intensities based on the reception signal in a distance direction, and sets a threshold for use in detection of the target, based on an order statistic among signal intensities in the reference regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Tooru SAHARA, Takuya HOMMA, Satoshi KAWAJI, Masayuki SATO, Youhei MURAKAMI, Masamitsu NISHIKIDO
  • Publication number: 20220291372
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a transmission antenna that transmits a transmission wave, a reception antenna that receives a reflected wave that is the transmission wave having been reflected, and a control unit that detects a target by using a constant false alarm rate on the basis of a transmission signal transmitted as the transmission wave and a reception signal received as the reflected wave. The control unit performs control to skip processing of detecting an object determined to be a stationary object among objects located around the electronic device, as the target by using the constant false alarm rate on the basis of the transmission signal and the reception signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Tooru SAHARA, Takuya HOMMA, Masayuki SATO, Youhei MURAKAMI, Masamitsu NISHIKIDO, Satoshi KAWAJI
  • Publication number: 20220266851
    Abstract: Provided is a driving support device including a storage device and a hardware processor, the hardware processor executing a program stored in the storage device to: acquire, from a mobile object, information on existence of a specific situation on a planned travel route, which is set as a route to a destination set by an occupant of the mobile object; plan a coaching item, including notification of warning information relating to traveling of the mobile object and suggestion relating to traveling of the mobile object, based at least on the information; and control a notification device so as to execute the notification and suggestion based on the planed coaching item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Masayuki Sato, Takashi Nishioka, Tomoko Nishino, Yuki Murayama, Kazuasa Suzuki, Yuya Kishimoto
  • Publication number: 20220221568
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a transmission antenna that transmits a transmission wave, a reception antenna that receives a reflected wave that is the reflected transmission wave, and a control unit that detects an object that reflects the transmission wave, based on a transmission signal transmitted as the transmission wave and a reception signal received as the reflected wave. The electronic device transmits, to an information processing apparatus, sensing information based on the transmission signal and the reception signal at a location of the electronic device along with location information of the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Masamitsu NISHIKIDO, Tooru SAHARA, Youhei MURAKAMI, Satoshi KAWAJI, Masayuki SATO, Takuya HOMMA
  • Publication number: 20220221567
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a transmission antenna that transmits a transmission wave, a reception antenna that receives a reflected wave that is the transmission wave having been reflected, and a control unit. The control unit detects a target by using a constant false alarm rate, based on a transmission signal transmitted as the transmission wave and a reception signal received as the reflected wave. The control unit establishes reference regions on a far side in a distance direction with respect to a test region in a distribution of signal intensities based on the reception signal in the distance direction, and sets a threshold for use in detection of the target, based on an order statistic among the signal intensities in the reference regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Tooru SAHARA, Youhei MURAKAMI, Satoshi KAWAJI, Masayuki SATO, Takuya HOMMA, Masamitsu NISHIKIDO
  • Publication number: 20220214440
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a transmission antenna that transmits a transmission wave, a reception antenna that receives a reflected wave that is the transmission wave having been reflected, and a control unit. The control unit detects a target by using a constant false alarm rate, based on a transmission signal transmitted as the transmission wave and a reception signal received as the reflected wave. The control unit establishes reference regions non-contiguously in a distance direction and a relative velocity direction with respect to a test region in a two-dimensional distribution of signal intensities based on the reception signal in the distance direction and the relative velocity direction. The control unit sets a threshold for use in detection of the target, based on an order statistic among the signal intensities in the reference regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Tooru SAHARA, Satoshi KAWAJI, Youhei MURAKAMI, Masayuki SATO, Takuya HOMMA, Masamitsu NISHIKIDO
  • Publication number: 20220208005
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a transmission antenna that transmits a transmission wave, a reception antenna that receives a reflected wave that is the transmission wave having been reflected, and a control unit. The control unit detects an object that reflects the transmission wave, based on a transmission signal transmitted as the transmission wave and a reception signal received as the reflected wave. The control unit estimates a time taken by the object to arrive at the mobility device, based on the transmission signal and the reception signal, and notifies a mobility device control unit that controls the mobility device of detection of the object in accordance with the time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Tooru SAHARA, Satoshi KAWAJI, Youhei MURAKAMI, Masayuki SATO, Takuya HOMMA, Masamitsu NISHIKIDO
  • Patent number: 11335134
    Abstract: A driving evaluation system includes an approach determiner configured to determine whether a degree of approach between an object present in a periphery of a vehicle and the vehicle is a predetermined degree or more, a relative position acquirer configured to acquire a relative position of the vehicle with respect to a traveling lane along which the vehicle travels, and an evaluator configured to refer to the relative position acquired by the relative position acquirer and thereby evaluate a driver's skill in driving the vehicle as higher as the vehicle travels at a position closer to a center of the traveling lane, the evaluator excluding an interval in which it is determined by the approach determiner that the degree of approach is a predetermined degree or more from a target for evaluation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masayuki Sato
  • Publication number: 20220146625
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a transmission antenna, a reception antenna, and a controller. The transmission antenna transmits a transmission wave. The reception antenna receives a reflected wave that is the reflected transmission wave. The controller detects an object that reflects the transmission wave, based on a transmission signal transmitted as the transmission wave and a reception signal received as the reflected wave. The controller configures a transmission signal in a second frame among a plurality of frames of the transmission wave differently from a transmission signal in a first frame among the plurality of frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Masamitsu NISHIKIDO, Tooru SAHARA, Youhei MURAKAMI, Satoshi KAWAJI, Takuya HOMMA, Masayuki SATO
  • Patent number: 11286255
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a novel compound having high antitumor activity and low toxicity to normal cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: WAKUNAGA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomonori Yamaguchi, Kenji Itoh, Tatsuya Hirano, Rumiko Shimabara, Yohei Kawakubo, Masayuki Sato, Junpei Yamashita, Akira Yazaki, Taichi Ueshima
  • Publication number: 20220087282
    Abstract: The invention provides a chocolate having strong aroma characteristics. The aroma characteristics may include at least one of a fruity aroma and a floral aroma, and isoamyl acetate may be contained as an aroma component. The invention also provides a novel method for producing a chocolate having strong aroma characteristics. The method includes a step of crushing at least a cacao raw material and a sugar raw material in a sealed crusher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: MEIJI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi KATAGIRI, Masayuki SATO, Keisuke KIMURA, Noriyuki MANADA
  • Publication number: 20220055122
    Abstract: A gun drill machine capable of shortening a margin dimension required in a gun drill as much as possible. In a free zone between a chip box and a moving spindle unit, a plurality of swing stopping devices for loosely holding a gun drill and suppressing the swing of the gun drill are arranged, and each swing stopping device is configured to freely retract from a steady action position where a swing stopping action is performed to avoid interference with the spindle unit that moves in the free zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: HI-TAK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi INADA, Hidenori INADA, Masayuki SATO
  • Publication number: 20210387633
    Abstract: A vehicle drive-assist apparatus includes a traveling environment information acquisition unit, an output setting unit, an urban-region traveling determination unit, and an output suppression control processor. The traveling environment information acquisition unit is configured to acquire traveling environment information of a vehicle. The output setting unit is configured to set output of a driving source of the vehicle on the basis of an accelerator-pedal pushing amount of the vehicle. The urban-region traveling determination unit is configured to determine whether the vehicle is traveling in an urban region, on the basis of the traveling environment information. The output suppression control processor is configured to set an output characteristic of the driving source to a suppression characteristic in a case of traveling in the urban region. The output setting unit is configured to set the output of the driving source on the basis of the set suppression characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Yuki SHIMOMURA, Masayuki SATO, Satoshi TERAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210384871
    Abstract: A vacuum tube for amplifier circuit includes: a light incidence window that transmits signal light; a photoelectric conversion unit that converts the signal light transmitted through the light incidence window into photoelectrons; an output unit that has an anode, on which the photoelectrons are incident, and outputs a signal corresponding to the incident photoelectrons; and a grid electrode that is disposed in a path of the photoelectrons from the photoelectric conversion unit to the anode and controls the amount of photoelectrons incident on the anode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Hiroshige MORI, Yasuaki MAEKAWA, Masayuki SATO
  • Publication number: 20210373124
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises: a transmission antenna configured to transmit transmission waves; a reception antenna configured to receive reflected waves resulting from reflection of the transmission waves; and a controller. The controller is configured to detect an object reflecting the transmission waves, based on a transmission signal transmitted as the transmission waves and a reception signal received as the reflected waves. The controller is configured to classify a detection result of the object reflecting the transmission waves depending on a degree of certainty, and output the classified detection result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Youhei MURAKAMI, Tooru SAHARA, Masamitsu NISHIKIDO, Takuya HOMMA, Masayuki SATO, Satoshi KAWAJI
  • Publication number: 20210373151
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises a plurality of sensors and a main controller. The plurality of sensors are each configured to detect, based on a transmission signal transmitted from a transmission antenna as transmission waves and a reception signal received by a reception antenna as reflected waves, an object reflecting the transmission waves T. The main controller is configured to control the plurality of sensors independently of each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi KAWAJI, Tooru SAHARA, Masamitsu NISHIKIDO, Youhei MURAKAMI, Takuya HOMMA, Masayuki SATO