Patents by Inventor Midori Watanabe

Midori Watanabe 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: 11986746
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a joint detection unit that detects a joint of a person striking a pose to imitate a pose of a robot device including a joint; a human body joint angle estimation unit that estimates an angle of the joint of the person; and a mapping learning unit that learns mapping between the angle of the joint of the person and an angle of the joint of the robot device in the pose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Yokono, Midori Kawano, Natsuko Ozaki, Jingjing Guo, Jianing Wu, Sayaka Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20240101138
    Abstract: A display system includes: a first display device displaying an image in a first region to cause the image to be visually recognized in a position at a first distance from a visual line of a driver of an auto-vehicle; a second display device displaying an image in a second region to cause the image to be visually recognized at a second distance greater than the first distance from the visual line; and a display controller displaying a warning image in the second region if a first condition is satisfied, moving the warning image to display a warning image in the first region if a second condition in which a warning level is higher than that of the first condition is satisfied after the first condition is satisfied, then updating the warning image to an updated warning image, and then moving the updated warning image to the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Makoto HADA, Yusuke SAHARA, Yuki MASUYA, Midori WATANABE, Hanako HONMA
  • Patent number: 11724503
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an ejecting head that ejects a liquid containing a humectant and water from a nozzle, a cap configured to form a closed space to which the nozzle opens, and a controller that controls the ejecting head, wherein the controller includes a calculation unit and a discharge controller, wherein the calculation unit calculates an available water amount of the liquid in the cap, and when the available water amount is smaller than a preset initial available water amount, the discharge controller discharges an amount of the liquid, where the amount includes, as the available water amount, an amount obtained by multiplying a difference between the available water amount and the initial available water amount by a predetermined coefficient larger than one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Midori Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20230241894
    Abstract: In a method for controlling a liquid ejection apparatus including a liquid ejection head that ejects a plurality of types of liquids through a plurality of nozzles, a cap configured to form a closed space in which the nozzles open, and a cleaning unit configured to perform cleaning that causes liquid to be discharged from the nozzles to the cap and causes liquid to be discharged outside from the cap, cleaning is performed based on a result of correcting a relationship between a change in water evaporation rate and a change in viscosity of each type of liquid by using the amount of water contained in each type of liquid before water evaporation, a humectant substance amount in each type of liquid, an amount of water contained in a mixed liquid, which is a mixture of the types of liquids, before water evaporation, and a humectant substance amount in the mixed liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventor: Midori WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11565266
    Abstract: The automatic analyzer includes a light source 4a to perform measurement, a spectrophotometer 4, a reagent disk 9 to store a reagent bottle 10 in which the reagent is stored, a carriage device to carry the reagent bottle 10 to the reagent disk 9, a reagent preparation unit to perform preparatory operations required before the regent bottle 10 is used, and a control unit 21 to schedule the preparatory operations by the reagent preparation unit and the carriage operation by the carriage device such that the reagent bottle 10 is carried to the reagent disk 9 immediately after an operation accompanied with analysis by the light source 4a and the spectrophotometer 4 is suspended or ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Midori Watanabe, Yoshiaki Saito
  • Publication number: 20220097378
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an ejecting head that ejects a liquid containing a humectant and water from a nozzle, a cap configured to form a closed space to which the nozzle opens, and a controller that controls the ejecting head, wherein the controller includes a calculation unit and a discharge controller, wherein the calculation unit calculates an available water amount of the liquid in the cap, and when the available water amount is smaller than a preset initial available water amount, the discharge controller discharges an amount of the liquid, where the amount includes, as the available water amount, an amount obtained by multiplying a difference between the available water amount and the initial available water amount by a predetermined coefficient larger than one.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventor: Midori WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20200164378
    Abstract: The automatic analyzer includes a light source 4a to perform measurement, a spectrophotometer 4, a reagent disk 9 to store a reagent bottle 10 in which the reagent is stored, a carriage device to carry the reagent bottle 10 to the reagent disk 9, a reagent preparation unit to perform preparatory operations required before the regent bottle 10 is used, and a control unit 21 to schedule the preparatory operations by the reagent preparation unit and the carriage operation by the carriage device such that the reagent bottle 10 is carried to the reagent disk 9 immediately after an operation accompanied with analysis by the light source 4a and the spectrophotometer 4 is suspended or ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Midori WATANABE, Yoshiaki SAITO
  • Patent number: 8717157
    Abstract: To provide a display device for vehicle in which, when particular vehicle information, for example vehicle information with great urgency and high priority is displayed, a passenger can easily recognize the information and his attention can be attracted to the information. A display device for vehicle 1 includes an image display device 10 and control means 20 for displaying vehicle information as an image in the image display device 10, wherein, in transition from a first display form in which each of a first display image GR1 and a second display image GR2 is displayed to a second display form in which each of the first display image GR1, the second display image GR2, and a third display image GR3 is displayed, the control means 20 displays the third display image GR3 between the first and second display images after the first and second display images GR1 and GR2 are moved in a direction in which they are separated from each other or while they are moved in that direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Seiki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Midori Watanabe, Masaki Katoh, Hikaru Hiraiwa, Ikuyo Sasajima, Yasuyuki Kojima, Takumi Sato
  • Publication number: 20110163864
    Abstract: To provide a display device for vehicle in which, when particular vehicle information, for example vehicle information with great urgency and high priority is displayed, a passenger can easily recognize the information and his attention can be attracted to the information. A display device for vehicle 1 includes an image display device 10 and control means 20 for displaying vehicle information as an image in the image display device 10, wherein, in transition from a first display form in which each of a first display image GR1 and a second display image GR2 is displayed to a second display form in which each of the first display image GR1, the second display image GR2, and a third display image GR3 is displayed, the control means 20 displays the third display image GR3 between the first and second display images after the first and second display images GR1 and GR2 are moved in a direction in which they are separated from each other or while they are moved in that direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Midori Watanabe, Masaki Katoh, Hikaru Hiraiwa, Ikuyo Sasajima, Yasuyuki Kojima, Takumi Sato