Patents by Inventor Ryota Watanabe

Ryota 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).

  • Publication number: 20240178576
    Abstract: Provided is an antenna device including an antenna array including a plurality of patch antennas arrayed in a grid, a first switch group including a first switch disposed on a wiring line connecting two adjacent patch antennas, and a second switch group including a second switch disposed on a wiring line between an antenna assembly formed by at least four adjacent patch antennas and a signal source connected to at least one patch antenna constituting the antenna assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Ryota NIHEI, Junichi FUNADA, Kenji WAKAFUJI, Kazuyuki HAYASHI, Kohei YOSHIDA, Shingo WATANABE, Kazushi SUGYO, Masakazu ONO, FUJIO OKUMURA
  • Publication number: 20240176439
    Abstract: Provided is a display antenna including a display including a plurality of light emitters arranged in a grid, an antenna array having an antenna assembly in which a plurality of patch antennas through which light in a wavelength band of a visible region is transmitted is disposed in a grid, the antenna array being disposed to be superimposed on the display, and a phase shifter disposed in a gap region sandwiched between the plurality of light emitters, connected to at least one of the plurality of patch antennas, and configured to shift a signal to be transmitted and received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Ryota NIHEI, Junichi FUNADA, Kenji WAKAFUJI, Kazuyuki HAYASHI, Kohei YOSHIDA, Shingo WATANABE, Kazushi SUGYO, Masakazu ONO, Fujio OKUMURA
  • Publication number: 20240160258
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a chassis, a heat generating body provided in the chassis, an antenna configured to be provided in the chassis and be capable of receiving radio waves, an electronic part arranged to be aligned with the antenna within the chassis, and a cooling module configured to have a plate-shaped metal part and cool the heat generating body within the chassis. The metal part includes a shield wall interposed between the antenna and the electronic part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Ryota Watanabe, Qianyi Lu, Jun Iwasaki, Masaaki Bandoh
  • Publication number: 20240121916
    Abstract: A heat radiation structure includes a mesh that abuts on a surface of a die, and a vapor chamber that interposes the mesh between the surface of the die and the vapor chamber. The mesh includes a heat generation element abutting range portion that is provided at a central portion of the mesh, is impregnated with a liquid metal, and abuts on the surface of the die to receive heat, and a pair of heat generation element non-abutting range portions that continuously extends from both sides of the heat generation element abutting range portion and does not abut on the surface of the die. Each of the pair of heat generation element non-abutting range portions is fixed to the vapor chamber via a sheet material. Each of a pair of the heat generation element non-abutting range portions is interposed between a pair of the sheet materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kitamura, Takuroh Kamimura, Ryota Watanabe, Junki Hashiba
  • Publication number: 20240121780
    Abstract: An object is to provide a communication system in which there are no restrictions on a communicable area and it is not necessary to install communication software on a wireless device. A communication system according to the present invention is configured so that the functions of a wireless access point are separated into a front-end unit on a wireless terminal side and a back-end side on the Internet side, radio signal processing functions supporting a wireless scheme of the wireless terminal are deployed only on the back end, and only relatively simple processing functions such as E/O conversion are deployed on the front end near the wireless terminal 311.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota SHIINA, Tatsuya FUKUI, Satoshi NARIKAWA, Katsuya MINAMI, Satoshi IKEDA, Shunsuke SARUWATARI, Takashi WATANABE, Kazuhiko KINOSHITA
  • Patent number: 11952455
    Abstract: The present invention provides a foam having a surface which solates or gelates after absorption of water and appropriately absorbs the water. The foam is prepared by a foam reaction of a mixture comprising at least one polyol, a compound having at least one isocyanate group, and a hydrophilic polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: ALCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takabumi Kubo, Tomoya Tanaka, Ryota Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20240097658
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first pad, a second pad, a first output driver provided for the first pad and configured to output a first transmission signal to the first pad, a second output driver provided for the second pad and configured to output a second transmission signal to the second pad, a register that stores first and second calibration values, a first reference resistor for the first pad and having a resistance value that is set according to the first calibration value, a second reference resistor for the second pad and having a resistance value that is set according to the second calibration value, a first setting circuit configured to calibrate a resistance value of the first output driver using the first reference resistor, and a second setting circuit configured to calibrate a resistance value of the second output driver using the second reference resistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Fumiya WATANABE, Toshifumi WATANABE, Kazuhiko SATOU, Shouichi OZAKI, Kenro KUBOTA, Atsuko SAEKI, Ryota TSUCHIYA, Harumi ABE
  • Patent number: 11929201
    Abstract: A surface mount inductor includes a coil including a wound portion and a feeder end portion drawn out from the wound portion, a compact that contains a magnetic powder and that encapsulates the coil, and an external terminal disposed on the compact and connected to the coil. The compact has surfaces including two pressed surfaces, opposing each other in a direction of an axis of the wound portion and formed by being pressed in the direction of the axis, and a non-pressed surface, adjacent to the two surfaces and not pressed. The coil is disposed so that the axis of the wound portion is parallel to a mount surface of the compact. The mount surface is included in the non-pressed surface, the feeder end portion is exposed from the mount surface, and the external terminal is formed on only the non-pressed surface and connected to the feeder end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Kitashima, Masaki Kitajima, Takeo Ohaga, Takeshi Shimada, Yoshiaki Hirama, Daigo Mizumura, Ryota Watanabe, Masato Koike, Yuusuke Morita
  • Publication number: 20240079067
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes an output pin configured for connection with a memory controller, an output circuit configured to output through the output pin a voltage signal that changes over time in accordance with one or more bits of data to be output to the memory controller, and a control circuit configured to temporarily change a drive capability of the output circuit each time a voltage signal corresponding to one bit of the data is output through the output pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Shouichi OZAKI, Kazuhiko SATOU, Kenro KUBOTA, Fumiya WATANABE, Atsuko SAEKI, Ryota TSUCHIYA, Harumi ABE, Toshifumi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20240061481
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a controller that outputs notification information based on input information; and a processor that executes system processing based on an operating system (OS) and operation of thermal control processing by control of a Basic Input Output System (BIOS) using the notification information output from the controller. The controller accepts an operation signal indicative of an operated key according to a user's operation on a keyboard; determines whether the operated key is of a specific combination of keys based on the accepted operation signal; upon making a determination that the operated key is of the specific combination of keys, outputs, to the processor, a result of the determination as the notification information; and without another key being pressed after the result of the determination is output from the controller, the processor executes the thermal control processing based on the result of the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryota Watanabe, Takuroh Kamimura, Atsunobu Nakamura, Yuichiro Seto, Yusaku Morishige, Ke Ma
  • Publication number: 20240038710
    Abstract: A heat radiation structure includes a vapor chamber provided along a surface of a die, a mesh interposed between the die and the vapor chamber, and a liquid metal impregnated in the mesh. In the mesh, a peripheral portion has a higher material density per unit volume than a central portion. In the mesh, the central portion may be formed of a single layer, and the peripheral portion is formed of two layers. The mesh may be a resin material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Junki Hashiba, Takuroh Kamimura, Masahiro Kitamura, Ryota Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20240038622
    Abstract: A heat radiation component radiates heat from a GPU that generates heat, and includes a mesh impregnated with a liquid metal, and two film bodies that cover both surfaces of the mesh and have sealed peripheries. An opening is formed in the film body. In the mesh, an exposed portion that is exposed through the opening abuts on a surface of a die of the GPU. In the mesh, the portion exposed through the opening is formed of two layers, a first layer and a second layer. In the mesh, an area of the exposed portion exposed through the opening is smaller than an area of the other portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Ryota Watanabe, Masahiro Kitamura, Junki Hashiba, Takuroh Kamimura
  • Publication number: 20240014098
    Abstract: A heat radiating structure includes a mesh which abuts on a surface of a die of a GPU and a copper plate which is equipped with a recessed part into which the mesh fits and which sandwiches and holds the mesh together with the surface of the die. The mesh includes a heat generating element abutment range part into which a liquid metal is impregnated and which abuts on the surface of the die and receives heat from the die and a heat generating element non-abutment region part which is contiguous to the heat generating element abutment range part and does not abut on the surface of the die. The heat generating element non-abutment range part is fixed to the copper plate with the use of a sponge tape. The heat generating element abutment range part is shaped to protrude from the heat generating element abutment range part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Ryota Watanabe, Junki Hashiba, Masahiro Kitamura, Takuroh Kamimura
  • Patent number: 11853136
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a controller that outputs notification information based on input information; and a processor that functions as a system processing unit that executes system processing based on an operating system (OS) and a Basic Input Output System (BIOS) processing unit that executes control related to the performance of the system processing by control of a BIOS using the notification information output from the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryota Watanabe, Takuroh Kamimura, Atsunobu Nakamura, Yuichiro Seto, Yusaku Morishige, Ke Ma
  • Publication number: 20230288439
    Abstract: There is provided an electrolyte analyzer that can appropriately replace consumable items while more exerting analysis processing performances than a conventional electrolyte analyzer does. An electrolyte analyzer includes a plurality of analysis chambers 50 having ISE electrodes 1 configured to measure the concentration of the electrolyte of a sample and a controller 29 configured to control operations in the electrolyte analyzer 100 including the analysis chambers 50. The ISE electrodes 1 of the plurality of analysis chambers 50 analyze the same analysis items. The controller 29 selects an analysis chamber 50 used for measurement from the plurality of analysis chambers 50 corresponding to the remaining measurable numbers of a plurality of ISE electrodes 1 and measurement request status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Takushi MIYAKAWA, Ryota WATANABE, Yuichi IWASE, Takahiro KUMAGAI, Masafumi MIYAKE
  • Patent number: 11751341
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a bottom cover, a main board provided with a stud, a screw, a washer, and a sponge. The screw has a head portion having a diameter larger than that of an attachment hole, a male screw portion configured to be screwed into a first female screw portion, and a columnar portion having a diameter smaller than a root diameter of the male screw portion. The washer has a flange portion having a diameter larger than that of the attachment hole, a cylindrical portion having a diameter smaller than that of the attachment hole, and a second female screw portion which the male screw portion is screwable into and passable through. The head portion abuts on the bottom cover to fix the bottom cover by the male screw portion. The flange portion is between the stud and the bottom cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ushioda, Jun Iwasaki, Masaaki Bandoh, Ryota Watanabe, Hiroshi Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20230267932
    Abstract: A dialogue system that dialogues with a user includes an execution device configured to execute a detection process and a recognition process. The recognition process is a process of recognizing that the user talks to the dialogue system when a predetermined state is detected by the detection process. The detection process is a process of detecting the predetermined state using, as an input, an output signal of a camera that images the user. The predetermined state includes a state in which a mouth of the user moves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin OSUGA, Godai TANAKA, Ayana NABEKURA, Ryota NAKANO, Ryota WATANABE, Tatsuya SATO, Norihide KITAOKA, Ryota NISHIMURA, Sunao HARA, Kengo OHTA, Teruyuki ISHIKAWA, Yuka ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230267930
    Abstract: A dialogue system includes a storage device and an execution device. Scenario data stored in the storage device define a response sentence corresponding to a state and a transition condition for transition to a different state. The execution device executes a text data generation process, a determination process, a scenario response process, a chat process, a storage process, and a return process. The text data generation process is a process of converting a voice of a user into text data. The determination process is a process of determining whether the transition condition is satisfied. The scenario response process is a process of operating a speaker so as to make a response when the transition condition is satisfied. The chat process is a process of operating the speaker so as to make a different response when the transition condition is not satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin OSUGA, Godai TANAKA, Ayana NABEKURA, Ryota NAKANO, Ryota WATANABE, Tatsuya SATO, Norihide KITAOKA, Ryota NISHIMURA, Sunao HARA, Kengo OHTA
  • Publication number: 20230240047
    Abstract: A heat dissipation structure, for a heat-generating electric component, includes: a heat dissipator disposed along a surface of the electric component; and a porous material held between the electric component and the heat dissipator. The porous material of the heat dissipation structure is impregnated with heat-transfer fluid. The heat-transfer fluid may include liquid metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryota Watanabe, Masahiro Kitamura, Mizuki Itoyama, Takuroh Kamimura, Junrong Zhou
  • Publication number: 20230230796
    Abstract: This charged particle beam device comprises: a charged particle beam source that generates charged particle beams; an objective lens in which coil current is inputted to focus the charged particle beams on a sample; a control unit that controls the coil current; a hysteresis characteristics storage unit that stores hysteresis characteristics information of the objective lens; a history information storage unit that stores history information relating to the coil current; and an estimating unit that estimates the magnetic field generated by the objective lens based on the coil current, the history information, and the hysteresis characteristic information, and has a magnetic field correction unit that, when the absolute value of the change amount of the coil current is greater than a prescribed value, further adds to the magnetic field estimated by the estimating unit a correction value according to the coil current and its change amount, correcting the magnetic field generated by the objective lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohito NAKANO, Makoto SUZUKI, Yuzuru MIZUHARA, Ryota WATANABE